Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage under State plans under the Medicaid program for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sh… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage under State plans under the Medicaid program for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sharing for individuals for whom screening is recommended by U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, to expand coverage under Medicaid of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use, and for other purposes.
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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.
Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act
This bill provides for coverage without prior authorization requirements of annual lung cancer screenings under Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance for individuals for whom screenings are recommended under U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines. It also expands Medicaid coverage of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use to all individuals, rather than only pregnant women.
The Department of Health and Human Services must conduct outreach on the importance of lung cancer screenings and who should be screened, and the Government Accountability Office must report on the demographics of those diagnosed with lung cancer and recommend ways the federal government can improve screenings.
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- AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
- AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
- SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC
- AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Energy, Dept of
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6178: Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6178/
"H.R. 6178: Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6178/.
H.R. 6178, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6178/.
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