H.R. 1784: Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2011
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H.R. 1784: Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-05 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2011
Plain summary
Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group or individual health plan that provides coverage for diagnostic mammography for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammography for such a woman, and diagnostic mammography, annual screening mammography, and annual magnetic resonance imaging for any high risk woman. Prohibits a health plan from denying enrollment or renewal solely to avoid the requirements of this Act, providing monetary incentives to encourage women to accept less than such minimum protections, penalizing providers for providing care in accordance with this Act, or providing incentives to induce providers to provide care in a manner inconsistent with this Act.
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Official text
Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] reported raising $258,402 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1784.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1784 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112