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S.3141
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. (introduced 10/2/2000)
Latest Major Action: 10/2/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare Program of annual screening pap smear and screening pelvic exams.
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10/2/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
10/2/2000--Introduced.

Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage of screening pap smears and screening pelvic exams to annual examinations regardless of whether a woman is of childbearing age or at high-risk.