S 668 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

Introduced Mar 6, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Sherrod Brown D-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 6, 2019 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.

IntroducedMar 6, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

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

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Dec 12, 2019, with 41 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar	Original	Mar 6, 2019
I-ME	Angus S. King Jr.	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Mar 6, 2019
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Mar 6, 2019
R-MS	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Mar 6, 2019
R-AK	Dan Sullivan	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-AL	Doug Jones	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Mar 6, 2019
D-MI	Gary C. Peters	Original	Mar 6, 2019

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Actions 2

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Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1570	Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020	Identical bill	Dec 10, 2020

Subjects

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

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Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate

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