HR 1620 · in committee · significant
Finn Sawyer Access to Cancer Testing Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP must cover advanced genetic cancer tests like DNA sequencing and microarray analysis.
- Cancer patients and their doctors are affected, along with genetic counselors involved in testing.
- HHS must create an education program about genomic testing; coverage takes effect upon enactment.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would requiring Medicare and Medicaid to cover advanced genetic cancer tests affect patients' ability to access personalized treatment options?
- 02
What are the estimated costs to these federal programs, and how might those expenses be balanced against potential savings from earlier cancer detection?
- 03
Should genetic counselors be involved in all genomic cancer testing decisions, and what training or oversight would the HHS education program require?
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Sponsor · D-CA-7
Doris O. Matsui
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
13/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-26
Joining the bill
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-FL-25 · original
Don Bacon
R-NE-2 · original
Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1 · original
Raúl M. Grijalva
D-AZ-7 · original
Mike Thompson
D-CA-4 · original
Rashida Tlaib
D-MI-12 · original
Gus M. Bilirakis
R-FL-12 · original
James A. Himes
D-CT-4 · original
Greg Landsman
D-OH-1 · original
Terri A. Sewell
D-AL-7 · original
Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ-5
Paul Tonko
D-NY-20
+ 1 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-26 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-26 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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