House
Apr 18, 1990

To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program For Medicare Beneficiaries.

Summary

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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover colon cancer preventive screening examinations, an annual physical examination performed by a physician or nurse practitioner, and verbal and written mental health screening examinations if a demonstration project to be conducted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services proves such examinations to be cost-effective or of moderate cost but measurably health enhancing.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Apr 18, 1990