A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve preventive benefits under the medicare program.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) cover colorectal cancer screening tests for individuals age 50 or over (screening fecal-occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopies, barium enemas, and, for high-risk individuals, colonoscopy); and (2) prescribe frequency and payment limits. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review such coverage after two years and determine whether to terminate it for one or more of such tests.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3912-3913)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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