,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjae     
,mrs4 ,ellmers of ,north ,carolina 7for 
herself1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 and  
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to protect   
coverage for screening mammography4  #a4
 ,short ,title  ,this ,act may be cited 
as the ,protecting ,access to           
,lifesaving ,screenings ,act 7,,pals    
,act74  #b4 ,protecting coverage for    
screening mammography  7a7 ,in ,general 
,effective during the period beginning  
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act and ending ,january #a1 #bjah1 any 

provision of law that refers 7including 
through cross-reference to another      
provision of law7 to the current        
recommendations of the ,united ,states  
,preventive ,services ,task ,force with 
respect to breast cancer screening1     
mammography1 and prevention shall be    
administered by the ,secretary involved 
as if--  7#a7 such reference to such    
current recommendations were a reference
 to the recommendations of such ,task   
,force with respect to breast cancer    
screening1 mammography1 and prevention  
last issued before #bjji2 and  7#b7 such
 recommendations last issued before     
#bjji applied to any screening          
mammography modality under section      
#ahfa7;jj7 of the ,social ,security ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7jj774  7b7       
,continuing medicare coverage without   
coinsurance ,section #ahcc7;a77#a77,y7  
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7a77#a77,y77 is amended 
by inserting after in the case of such  
services described in subparagraph 7,a7 

the following3 7other than screening    
mammography74  7c7 ,maintaining         
frequency of medicare coverage ,section 
#ahcd7;c77#b77;,b77ii7 of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciem7c77#b77;,b77ii77 is amended by   
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 except that in the case
 of a woman over #ci years of age1 such 
revision may not decrease such          
frequency4  7d7 ,clarifying the         
definition of ,screening mammography    
,section #ahfa7;jj7 of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciex7jj77 is amended by inserting 1   
including any digital modality of such a
 procedure1 after radiologic procedure4