HR 1439
117th 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 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 26, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 26, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2021
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1439: Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1439/
"H.R. 1439: Expanded Genetic Screening Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1439/.
H.R. 1439, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1439/.
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