Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans provide coverage of colorectal cancer screening.

7/17/2007--Introduced.
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Age of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for colorectal screening for any participant or beneficiary who is 50 years of age or older or at high risk for colorectal cancer under terms and conditions that are no less favorable than those applicable to other screening benefits provided under the plan. Prohibits specified actions by group health plans to avoid the requirements of this Act, including denying enrollment, penalizing the provision of required services, or providing incentives for care inconsistent with this Act.
Requires such plan to provide certain disclosures to participants and beneficiaries, including regarding covered benefits, cost sharing, and participating providers. 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 colorectal screening.
Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market and coverage under the federal employees health benefits program (FEHBP).


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Sponsor

• Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
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Committees

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

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3060

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 17, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
• Jul 24, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Jul 17, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, 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.
• Jul 17, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7858-7859)
• Introduced on Jul 17, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Medicine
• Medical tests
• Medical screening
• Medical economics
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• Medical care
• Labor
• Health insurance
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Government employees' health insurance
• Government employees
• Finance
• Federal employees
• Employee health benefits
• Discrimination in medical care
• Discrimination in insurance
• Consumers
• Consumer education
• Colon cancer
• Coinsurance
• Civil rights
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• Health policy

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September 09, 2008 Cover Your Butt! And the Butts of Your Fellow Americans!

HR 3060: The Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act would require private health insurance plans to provide coverage for colorectal cancer. Plus, the bill will protect anyone from being denied a policy due to their need ...

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August 02, 2008 No Child Left Inside Act

The call is going out to Refuge Friends groups — and any concerned citizens who are reading this — to urge their representatives and senators to fight for passage of the “No Child Left Inside Act” (HR 3060 and S. 1981). ...

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October 06, 2007 CoverYourButt.org: Thinking about a web campaign from the rear up

HR 3060: The Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act would require private health insurance plans to provide coverage for colorectal cancer. Plus, the bill will protect anyone from being denied a policy due to their need ...

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