US SB668 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure.

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Title

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

Sponsors

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO]Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]Sen. James Risch [R-ID]Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL]Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-06SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Same As/Similar To

HB1570 (Same As) 2020-12-10 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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