Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide hereditary cancer genetic testing for individuals with a history of a hereditary cancer gene mutatio… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide hereditary cancer genetic testing for individuals with a history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation in a blood relative or a personal or ancestral history suspicious for hereditary cancer, and to provide coverage of certain cancer screenings or preventive surgeries that would reduce the risk for individuals with a germline (inherited) mutation associated with a high risk of developing a preventable cancer.
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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.
Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of germline mutation testing for individuals with a personal or family history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation or suspected history of hereditary cancer, as well as for associated coverage of risk-reducing surgeries and screenings.
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- ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
- THE SUSAN G. KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION, INC. DBA SUSAN G. KOMEN
- ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
- AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
- ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
- EXACT SCIENCES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4752: Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4752/
"H.R. 4752: Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4752/.
H.R. 4752, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4752/.
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