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S.2635
Sponsor: Sen Frist, Bill(introduced 5/25/2000)
Related Bills: H.R.4606
Latest Major Action: 5/25/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for additional preventive health services for women.
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5/25/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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COSPONSORS(8), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 5/25/2000 Sen Harkin, Tom - 5/25/2000
Sen Jeffords, James M. - 5/25/2000 Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 6/20/2000
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 5/25/2000 Sen Murray, Patty - 5/25/2000
Sen Reed, Jack - 5/25/2000 Sen Sessions, Jeff - 6/26/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/25/2000--Introduced.

WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2000- Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through a competitive review process, to award grants to States to provide additional specified preventive health services, screenings, education, and referrals under PHSA provisions concerning preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers. Authorizes appropriations.