# 114-hr-3339: Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act)

114-hr-3339, Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act), is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] (R-NC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3339
- Congress: 114
- Title: Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act)
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2015-07-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 63
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act) This bill requires that any provision of law referring to current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention be administered as if: (1) the provision referred to USPSTF recommendations last issued before 2009; and (2) those recommendations applied to any screening mammography modality, including any digital modality of such a procedure. (In 2009, the USPSTF updated its guidelines to recommend against routine screening mammography for women between 40 to 49 years of age and to recommend biennial, instead of annual, screening mammography for most women between 50 to 74 years of age.) In addition, the bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to preserve Medicare coverage for screening mammography, without a requirement for coinsurance, and expand the definition of screening mammography to include any digital modality of such a procedure. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may not decrease the frequency with which screening mammography may be paid by Medicare for a woman over 39 years of age.

## Cosponsors (63)

- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2015-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2015-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2015-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2015-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO), 2015-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] (R-GA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] (R-NH), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] (R-TN), 2015-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2015-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2015-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2015-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] (R-IN), 2015-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2015-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2015-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] (R-NV), 2015-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] (R-CA), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2015-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2015-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] (R-ME), 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM FARR (D-CA), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (R-TN), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2015-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2] (R-AL), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- CHAKA FATTAH (D-PA), 2015-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2015-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2015-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2015-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27] (R-NY), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] (R-WV), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] (R-MI), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2016-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3339 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3339)

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