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H.R. 617 (105th)

Mammogram Availability Act of 1997

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Introduced

5 February 1997

Last action

5 August 1997 · Committee

Status

See H.R.2015.

Sponsors

Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27], Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-7], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5]

Subjects

Healthcare

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3 June 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Mammogram Availability Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that provides coverage for diagnostic mammographies for any woman 40 years old or older to provide coverage for annual screening mammographies for such a woman. Prohibits related enrollment and renewal discrimination, monetary incentives to women, and penalties or incentives to providers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply those requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered by an issuer in the individual market. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow payment for annual screening mammographies for women over 39 (currently, over 49 but under 65) years old. Removes provisions empowering the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise the screening frequency for which payment may be made. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require payment for annual screening mammographies for women over 39 years old.

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Timeline

  1. 5 February 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Commerce

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 February 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 5 February 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 February 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 13 February 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 14 February 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  7. 21 February 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

  8. 5 August 1997

    Committee

    See H.R.2015.

    Source: Committee

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