Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act
This bill requires Medicaid programs to cover specific treatments for individuals with breast or cervical cancer. It adds a new provision to Medicaid rules that explicitly includes these patients in mandatory coverage, ensuring states must provide necessary care. The bill also mandates that Medicaid cover breast reconstruction surgery following a medically necessary mastectomy. These changes directly affect Medicaid beneficiaries diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer who need these specific treatments. The policy update removes gaps in existing coverage for these critical cancer care services.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 17, 2025
Last action Jul 17, 2025
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Committee
1
Jul 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jul 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 29 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Maxine Waters
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Dingell
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Frederica S. Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
George Latimer
DDemocratic
Co
Gwen Moore
DDemocratic
Co
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
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