US Congress Senate Bill 1079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2403; text of measure as introduced: CR S2403-2405)
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SCREEN Act of 2015 Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to maintain calendar year 2015 Medicare reimbursement rates for colonoscopy procedures for providers participating in colorectal cancer screening quality improvement registry. Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing is eliminated for colorectal cancer screening tests, for the removal of tissue or other matter during the screening test, or for a follow-up procedure. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation shall test a payment and service delivery model that is a demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness of a pre-operative visit before screening colonoscopy and hepatitis C screening. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must reduce the physician fee schedule conversion factor and the hospital outpatient department conversion factor to the extent necessary to reduce expenditures for related items and services to achieve budget-neutral results.

SCREEN Act of 2015 Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2403; text of measure as introduced: CR S2403-2405)

HB2035 (Same As) 2015-05-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1079/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1079/BILLS-114s1079is.pdf