Congress 107 - HR 1809 - Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2001

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Access to health care Administrative procedure Breast cancer Cancer Cervical cancer Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Coinsurance Colon cancer Commerce Consumer education Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Department of the Treasury Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Gynecology Health Health insurance Health insurance industry Labor and Employment Law Mammography Medical ethics Medical fees Medical personnel Medical screening Medical technology Medical tests Ovarian cancer Patients' rights Pelvic inflammatory disease Physical examinations Physicians Preventive medicine Prostate cancer Science, Technology, Communications Standards Women Women's health

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Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, 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. Sets forth provisions requiring the disclosure of benefits and health care provider information to patients under such plan or coverage.

Prohibits related eligibility discrimination, monetary incentives to individuals, and penalties or incentives to providers..

Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the requirements of this Act to coverage offered in the individual market.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, on his own initiative or upon petition by an individual or organization, to modify coverage requirements provided under this Act to allow such requirements to incorporate new scientific and technological advances regarding cancer screening.

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Oct 17, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1878)
Jul 16, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 22, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
May 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 10, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, 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.
May 10, 2001

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