Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2007

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.

8/3/2007--Introduced.
Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for certain types of cancer screening. Includes under such coverage mammograms, clinical breast examinations, pap tests and pelvic examinations, colorectal screening procedures, and prostate screening tests, at specified intervals and through specified procedures for certain age groups in appropriate genders. Prohibits related eligibility discrimination, monetary incentives to individuals, and penalties or incentives to providers. Requires such plans and issuers to provide certain disclosures to participants and beneficiaries, including regarding covered benefits, cost sharing, and participating providers. Applies the requirements of this Act to coverage offered in the individual market and under federal employees health benefits plan. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify coverage requirements under this Act to incorporate new scientific and technological advances, practice pattern changes, or other updated medical practices regarding cancer screening.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
• and 8 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Deborah Pryce [R, OH-15]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 5 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 03, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
• Aug 03, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1731)
• Introduced on Aug 03, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Women's health
• Women's health services
• Women
• Rebates
• 32 more
• Prostate cancer
• Physical examinations
• Patients' rights
• Ovarian cancer
• Medical tests
• Medical screening
• Medical care
• Mammography
• Law
• Labor
• Health policy
• Health insurance
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Genetics
• Finance
• Executive departments
• Employee health benefits
• Discrimination in medical care
• Discrimination in insurance
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Consumers
• Consumer education
• Colon cancer
• Coinsurance
• Civil rights
• Cervical cancer
• Cancer
• Breast cancer
• Administrative remedies
• Administrative procedure
• Medicine

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