[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3339 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3339

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect coverage for 
                         screening mammography.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina (for herself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and 
 Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect coverage for 
                         screening mammography.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access to Lifesaving 
Screenings Act (PALS Act)''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING COVERAGE FOR SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY.

    (a) In General.--Effective during the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending January 1, 2018, any provision 
of law that refers (including through cross-reference to another 
provision of law) to the current recommendations of the United States 
Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary 
involved as if--
            (1) such reference to such current recommendations were a 
        reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 
        respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention 
        last issued before 2009; and
            (2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to 
        any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)).
    (b) Continuing Medicare Coverage Without Coinsurance.--Section 
1833(a)(1)(Y) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(Y)) is 
amended by inserting after ``in the case of such services described in 
subparagraph (A)'' the following: ``(other than screening 
mammography)''.
    (c) Maintaining Frequency of Medicare Coverage.--Section 
1834(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(c)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ``, except that in the case of a woman over 39 years 
of age, such revision may not decrease such frequency''.
    (d) Clarifying the Definition of ``Screening Mammography''.--
Section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)) is 
amended by inserting ``, including any digital modality of such a 
procedure,'' after ``radiologic procedure''.
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