Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3382 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3382

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2023

 Mr. Payne (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Casten, Mr. Morelle, Ms. 
  Scanlon, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. 
  David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Porter, Mr. 
  Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
 Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Mullin, 
   Mr. Keating, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Takano) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COLORECTAL 
              CANCER SCREENING TESTS FURNISHED UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1833(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(dd)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and before January 1, 
        2030,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``through 
                2026, 85 percent; and'' and inserting ``and each 
                subsequent year, 100 percent.''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
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