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H.R. 2482 (100th)

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for medicare coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms.

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Introduced

20 May 1987

Last action

3 November 1987 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Robinson, Tommy F. [R-AR-2], Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20], Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16], Rep. Konnyu, Ernest L. [R-CA-12], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44], Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3], Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], Rep. Hatcher, Charles [D-GA-2], Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-24], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26], Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1], Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3], JOHN CONYERS, Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22], Rep. Darden, George (Buddy) [D-GA-7], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36], Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3], Rescom. Fuster, Jamie B. [D-PR-At Large], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9], Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18], Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2], Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29], Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2], Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6], Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7], Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1], JOHN LEWIS, Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30], Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23], Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]

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Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover an annual Papanicolaou test for the diagnosis of uterine cancer and an annual radiological mammogram for the diagnosis of breast cancer.

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Timeline

  1. 20 May 1987

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 May 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 20 May 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 26 May 1987

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 28 May 1987

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

    Source: Committee

  6. 3 November 1987

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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