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H.R. 391 (100th)

Breast Cancer Screening Act of 1987

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Introduced

6 January 1987

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Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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Summary

Breast Cancer Screening Act of 1987 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish breast cancer screening centers at the national cancer research and demonstration centers. Requires screening to be provided to any woman 35 years or older at a cost of no more than $25 per screening. Requires the Secretary to have such screening centers in operation within one year of enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the efficiency and economic feasibility of providing such screening on a nation-wide basis.

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