Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 18, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 80 words.
Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Act of 2025 This bill authorizes Medicare coverage of additional types of lung cancer screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration, regardless of whether they are recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must set coverage and payment limits for such tests. (Currently, Medicare covers screening tests for the early detection of lung cancer if they are recommended by the task force.)
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 171 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 390 words
- Subjects
- CancerCardiovascular and respiratory healthHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicare
- Latest action
- Feb 18, 2025: 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]