[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 258 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 258

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the medicare program of annual screening pap smear and screening 
                             pelvic exams.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2001

Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mrs. Lincoln) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the medicare program of annual screening pap smear and screening 
                             pelvic exams.

    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 ``Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save 
Women's Lives Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF ANNUAL SCREENING PAP SMEAR AND PELVIC EXAMS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Annual screening pap smear.--Section 1861(nn)(1) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(nn)(1)), as amended by 
        section 101(a)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
        Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by 
        section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554), is amended by striking 
        ``, if the individual involved'' and all that follows before 
        the period and inserting ``if the woman involved has not had 
        such a test during the preceding year''.
            (2) Annual screening pelvic exam.--Section 1861(nn)(2) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(nn)(2)), as amended by 
        section 101(a)(2) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
        Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by 
        section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554), is amended by striking 
        ``during the preceding 2 years, or during the preceding year in 
        the case of a woman described in paragraph (3),'' and inserting 
        ``during the preceding year,''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 1861(nn) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(nn)) is amended by striking 
        paragraph (3).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2002.
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