H.R. 842 · 119th Congress
Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
Status: In committee
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (current)
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
Summary
Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
This bill allows, beginning in 2028, for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate. Coverage is limited to those under a certain age (age 68 in 2028, increased by one year every year thereafter) and to one test every 11 months.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
- House
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House