# 115-hr-5062: Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

115-hr-5062, Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5062
- Congress: 115
- Title: Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2018-02-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine for the academy to study usage of genetic and genomic testing, including how to reduce barriers to the utilization of such testing. The bill allows states to apply for an exception to Medicaid's federal medical assistance percentage rate to provide whole genome sequencing clinical services to certain children, including those admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit for a chronic or undiagnosed disease and those suspected to have a pediatric-onset genetic disease.

## Cosponsors (22)

- Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2018-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN SHIMKUS (R-IL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] (R-MN), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2018-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2018-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2018-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2018-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2018-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] (R-AL), 2018-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2018-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] (R-IL), 2018-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2018-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2018-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2018-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] (R-NJ), 2018-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-5062 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5062)

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