Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-941
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-31
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer

Health promotion and preventive care

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the colorectal cancer screening guidelines used in medical facilities at which veterans receive hospital care or medical services include the strategies for screenings included in both the latest recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set issued by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 941 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2019 Mr. Bergman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adopt certain strategies for preventive colorectal screenings for veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019 . 2. Strategies for preventive colorectal screenings for veterans (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the colorectal cancer preventive screening guidelines used in each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs and non-Department facility at which veterans receive hospital care or medical services under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, include all strategies for preventive colorectal screenings included in— (1) the latest recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; and (2) the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set issued by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. (b) Deadline The Secretary shall carry out this section not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.