119-hr1406

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1406 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1406

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the 
 coverage of additional lung cancer screening tests under the Medicare 
 program.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 18, 2025

 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
 LaHood, Mr. Soto, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) introduced the following 
 bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the 
 coverage of additional lung cancer screening tests under the Medicare 
 program.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND COVERAGE OF TESTS FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING 
 UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--

Section 1834

    (n) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m

    (n) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of paragraph

    (1) as clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) , respectively, with appropriate 
 indentation;

    (2) by redesignating paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) as 
 subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) , respectively, with appropriate 
 indentation;

    (3) by striking ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
 this title'' and inserting:
 ``

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
 this title and subject to paragraph

    (2) ''; and

    (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (2) Authority to cover new lung cancer screening tests as 
 preventive services.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph

    (1) , 
 in addition to preventive services consisting of 
 screening tests for the early detection of lung cancer 
 covered under this part pursuant to national coverage 
 determination 210.14, the Secretary may provide for 
 coverage under this part of other lung cancer screening 
 tests that are cleared or approved by the Food and Drug 
 Administration as preventive services when furnished to 
 appropriate individuals (as determined by the 
 Secretary), with such frequency and payment limits as 
 the Secretary determines appropriate in consultation 
 with appropriate organizations.
 ``
        (B) Use of national coverage determination 
 process.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--Coverage of other lung 
 cancer screening tests under subparagraph
        (A) shall be determined using the process for 
 making national coverage determinations (as 
 defined in 

section 1869

    (f)

    (1)
        (B) ), except that 
 there shall be no requirement for a 
 determination under 

section 1861
            (ddd) (3)
        (B) with respect to such test under such process.
 ``
            (ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in 
 clause
            (i) shall be construed as preventing the 
 Secretary from considering recommendations made 
 by entities with expertise in preventive 
 services, including entities convened by the 
 Secretary or the Director of the Agency for 
 Healthcare Research and Quality, with respect 
 to other lung cancer screening tests described 
 in subparagraph
        (A) .''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and apply with 
respect to coverage of preventive services under Part B of title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.) on or after such 
date.
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