HR 2594 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

Introduced Apr 15, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 16, 2021 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.

  1. IntroducedApr 15, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

This bill eliminates Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure, beginning in 2023 (rather than 2030).

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2021 to Sep 24, 2021; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalApr 15, 2021
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-OHAnthony GonzalezOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-GADavid ScottOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalApr 15, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-GALucy McBathOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-WIMark PocanOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalApr 15, 2021
D-ILSean CastenOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-NJTom MalinowskiOriginalApr 15, 2021
R-MSTrent KellyOriginalApr 15, 2021
D-VAElaine G. LuriaMay 4, 2021
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerMay 11, 2021
D-MDAnthony G. BrownJun 22, 2021
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyAug 3, 2021
D-CAPete AguilarSep 22, 2021
R-FLBill PoseySep 24, 2021

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 15, 2021
Health Subcommittee
Referred Apr 16, 2021
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Apr 15, 2021
Health Subcommittee
Referred Apr 15, 2021
Social Security Subcommittee
Referred Apr 15, 2021

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 16, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Apr 15, 2021Referred 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.
  4. Apr 15, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Apr 15, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1319, H1322Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXMar 7, 2022

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 Clause 3--Congress has the ability to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 65, April 15, 2021, page H1844.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3382Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness ActReintroduced BillDec 17, 2024
S 4486Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022Related billJun 23, 2022

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 eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests furnished under the Medicare program.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House

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