Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-1894
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-08
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer

Digestive and metabolic diseases

Health care costs and insurance

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure, beginning in 2023 (rather than 2030).</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1894 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act . 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).