Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2594 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 15, 2021 Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCAN- LON, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor- gia, Mr. GUEST, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KELLY of Mis- sissippi, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SIRES, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LARSON of Con- necticut, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. CARSON, Mr. KILMER, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2594.IH H2594 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2594 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Colorectal Cancer Pay- 4 ment Fairness Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT 6 FOR CERTAIN COLORECTAL CANCER 7 SCREENING TESTS FURNISHED UNDER THE 8 MEDICARE PROGRAM. 9 Section 1833(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 10 U.S.C. 1395l(dd)) is amended— 11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and before 12 January 1, 2030,’’; and 13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ 15 at the end; 16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 17 ‘‘through 2026, 85 percent; and’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘and each subsequent year, 100 percent.’’; and 19 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2594.IH H2594 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS