,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aegj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjai,mr4 
,payne 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis
 of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4    
,mc,kinley1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,bishop 
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of
 ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,brownley of       
,california1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4      
,courtney1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4         
,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1
 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,foster1
 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4     
,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4        
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,higgins of 
,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1  
,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 
,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4
 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1   
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1   
,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4        
,norton1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4        
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,miss ,rice of 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,ms4   

,speier1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mrs4
 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4
 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4     
,gianforte1 ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler1 ,mr4
 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4  
,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,kelly of         
,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4 
,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west      
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,perry1   
,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4     
,tipton1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1    
,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new    
,york1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln
 of ,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4     
,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,brindisi1  
,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 
,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mrs4     
,axne1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1  
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4     
,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,michael  
,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,price
 of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1   
,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4      
,lynch1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,ms4 ,johnson of 

,texas1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1    
,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4
 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,kustoff of           
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4     
,espaillat1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1
 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mr4         
,pascrell1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mrs4 ,davis of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,ms4        
,frankel1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1
 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4 ,johnson of         
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,danny   
,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,clay1    
,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1   
,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4         
,richmond1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,brown of   
,maryland1 and ,mr4 ,green of ,texas7   
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 waive coinsurance     
under ,medicare for colorectal cancer   
screening tests1 regardless of whether  
therapeutic intervention is required    
during the screening4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,removing
 ,barriers to ,colorectal ,cancer       
,screening ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings
 ,congress finds the following3  7#a7   
,colorectal cancer is the second leading
 cause of cancer death among men and    
women combined in the ,united ,states4  
7#b7 ,in #bjai1 more than #ade1fjj      
,americans will be diagnosed with       
colorectal cancer and approximately     
#ea1jjj ,americans will die from it4    
7#c7 ,approximately #fj percent of      
colorectal cancer cases and #gj percent 
of deaths occur in those aged #fe and   
older4  7#d7 ,colorectal cancer         
screening colonoscopy allows for the    
detection and removal of polyps1 or     
abnormal growths1 that could become     
cancerous1 as well as for the early     

detection of colorectal cancer when     
treatment can be most effective4  7#e7  
,although colorectal cancer is largely  
preventable1 one in three adults over   
#ej years of age are not up to date with
 recommended colorectal cancer          
screening4  7#f7 ,over #a1gjj           
organizations have committed to         
eliminating colorectal cancer as a major
 public health problem and are working  
toward the shared goal of reaching #hj  
percent screened for colorectal cancer  
in every community4  7#g7 ,colorectal   
cancer screening colonoscopy is a highly
 effective preventive service1 and      
removing financial barriers can help to 
increase screening rates4  #c4 ,waiving 
,medicare coinsurance for colorectal    
cancer screening tests  7a7 ,in general 
,section #ahcc7;a77#a77,y7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciel7a77#a77,y77 is amended by        
inserting 1 including a colorectal      
cancer screening test 7regardless of the
 code that is billed for the            

establishment of a diagnosis as a result
 of the test1 or for the removal of     
tissue or other procedure that is       
furnished in connection with1 as a      
result of1 and in the same clinical     
encounter as the screening test71 after 
section #ahfa7;ddd77#c74  7b7 ,effective
 date ,the amendment made by this       
section shall apply to items and        
services furnished after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4