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HR 8525 116th Congress House Health Genetics Health care coverage and access Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Sex and reproductive health Women's health

Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2020

Introduced: October 2, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 2, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2020

This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover noninvasive prenatal genetic screening for pregnant women. (Noninvasive prenatal genetic screening uses naturally occurring fetal DNA from the mother's blood to screen for genetic abnormalities.)

What's happening now October 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Dec 21, 2020
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Dec 17, 2020
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 23, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8525: Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8525/
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"H.R. 8525: Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8525/.
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H.R. 8525, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8525/.
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