Senate Bill 479
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 1, 2017
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Bill
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Bill Number
479
Congress
115
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Sherrod Brown
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Summary
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
This bill waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure.
March 1, 2017
03/01/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
03/01/2017
Introduced in Senate
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