Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1997
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 9, 1997)
Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act relating to the authorized provision of annual screening mammographies for women to: (1) prohibit payment for any screening mammography performed for a woman over 49 years of age (currently, women over 49 but under 65) within 11 months after the previous mammography was performed; (2) repeal the disallowance of payment for screening mammography performed for women over 64 within 23 months after the last mammography was performed; and (3) waive any required deductible or coinsurance payments with respect to such mammographies.
What just happenedAug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 9, 1997
- Aug 5, 1997CommitteeH19100
See H.R.2015.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 28, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jan 21, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 9, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 9, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on 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.
- Jan 9, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 9, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House