Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
This bill would require Medicare to cover FDA-approved blood tests that screen for multiple cancers simultaneously (like breast, lung, or colorectal cancer) for beneficiaries. It directly affects Medicare recipients aged 65+ who could access these new screenings once per year, without prior authorization. The key provision adds "multi-cancer early detection screening tests" to Medicare's covered services under Part B, defining them as blood tests analyzing cell-free DNA, while maintaining existing coverage for standard screenings like mammograms. The bill does not change current coverage for individual cancer screenings but ensures Medicare keeps pace with new medical technology.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Dec 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-893, Part I.
lower
Jun 27, 2024
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 0.
lower
Jun 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Apr 7, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Committee
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.
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 319 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jodey C. Arrington
RRepublican
Co
A. Drew Ferguson IV
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Bean
RRepublican
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Al Green
DDemocratic
Co
Alexander X. Mooney
RRepublican
Co
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Ami Bera
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
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