HR 3278 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Cholesterol Screening Coverage Act of 2001

Introduced Nov 13, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Dave Camp R-MI

Latest action · Nov 28, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedNov 13, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Cholesterol Screening Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of cholesterol and other blood lipid screening tests.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 13, 2001 to Sep 25, 2002; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Nov 13, 2001
D-LA	William J. Jefferson	Original	Nov 13, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley		Nov 16, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Nov 16, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost		Nov 27, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Nov 27, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Nov 30, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price		Dec 4, 2001
D-CA	Lois Capps		Dec 4, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Dec 13, 2001
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Dec 13, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran		Dec 13, 2001
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Dec 19, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Jan 29, 2002
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jan 29, 2002
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jan 29, 2002
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jan 29, 2002
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Jan 29, 2002
D-PA	Robert A. Borski		Jan 29, 2002
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich		Jan 29, 2002
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jan 29, 2002
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jan 29, 2002
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Feb 6, 2002
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Feb 13, 2002
R-IA	James A. Leach		Feb 28, 2002
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 7, 2002
D-LA	Christopher John		Mar 13, 2002
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Mar 13, 2002
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Apr 11, 2002
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Apr 16, 2002
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 1, 2002
D-VA	Rick Boucher		May 1, 2002
D-NJ	Rush Holt		May 1, 2002
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila		May 14, 2002
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 14, 2002
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 14, 2002
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 14, 2002
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		May 14, 2002
R-NY	James T. Walsh		May 14, 2002
R-LA	Jim McCrery		May 14, 2002
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 14, 2002
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		May 14, 2002
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		May 14, 2002
D-NY	Steve Israel		May 14, 2002
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 15, 2002
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci		May 15, 2002
D-KY	Ken Lucas		May 15, 2002
D-PA	William J. Coyne		May 22, 2002
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 5, 2002
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jun 5, 2002
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Jun 5, 2002
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jun 17, 2002
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jun 17, 2002
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 17, 2002
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Jun 27, 2002
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jun 27, 2002
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jul 12, 2002
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jul 12, 2002
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jul 16, 2002
D-CA	Jane Harman		Jul 16, 2002
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Sep 4, 2002
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Sep 4, 2002
R-AK	Don Young		Sep 17, 2002
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Sep 25, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Nov 13, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Nov 28, 2001
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Nov 13, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 13, 2001Introduced in House
Nov 13, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2062)
Nov 13, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2062	Dave Camp R-MI	Nov 13, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-110	ASSESSING AMERICA'S HEALTH RISKS: HOW WELL ARE MEDICARE'S CLINICAL PREVENTIVE BENEFITS SERVING AMERICA'S SENIORS?93 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	May 23, 2002
—	COMPREHENSIVE DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM: RESPONSES TO THE FDIC'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM79 pages	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Aug 2, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening under the Medicare Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Cholesterol Screening Coverage Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 13, 2001Introduced in House

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