Senate Bills - 110th Congress

S. 1109—The Breast Cancer Research and Screening Act of 2007

On April 16, 2007, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) introduced S. 1109, the Breast Cancer Research and Screening Act of 2007. Section 2 of the bill would authorize $2,148,000,000 for breast cancer research under Title IV of the PHS Act. The bill also would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for 6 months the eligibility period for the `Welcome to Medicare' physical examination and to eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.