[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2949 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2949

   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

                           September 30, 2025

  Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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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 (B), by striking ``through 
                2026'' and inserting ``through 2025''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) for 2026 and each subsequent year, 100 
                percent.''.
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