Congress 108 - HR 736 - Mammogram Availability Act of 2003

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Access to health care Breast cancer Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Conflict of interests Consumer discounts Consumer education Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Employee health benefits Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Health insurance Labor and Employment Mammography Medical ethics Medical fees Medical screening Rebates State laws Women Women's health

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Mammogram Availability Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that provides coverage for diagnostic mammographies for any woman 40 years old or older to provide coverage for annual screening mammographies for such a woman. Prohibits related enrollment and renewal discrimination, monetary incentives to women, and penalties or incentives to providers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered by an issuer in the individual market.

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Mar 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 26, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Feb 12, 2003

Introduced in House

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