[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1894 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1894

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 
 coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests 
                 furnished under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 8, 2023

  Mr. Booker 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 eliminate the 
 coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests 
                 furnished under the Medicare program.

    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 ``Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COLORECTAL 
              CANCER SCREENING TESTS FURNISHED UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1833(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(dd)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and before January 1, 
        2030,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``through 
                2026, 85 percent; and'' and inserting ``and each 
                subsequent year, 100 percent.''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
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