S 416 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 14, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Olympia J. Snowe R-ME

Latest action · Feb 14, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage of screening pap smears and screening pelvic exams to annual examinations regardless of whether a woman is of childbearing age or at high-risk.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2003 to Sep 11, 2003; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Feb 14, 2003
D-PA	Arlen Specter		Sep 11, 2003

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 14, 2003Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of annual screening pap smear and screening pelvic exams.
Short Titles as Introduced: Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2003Introduced in Senate

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