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119-hr-6314119th CongressWALLET

Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]

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Summary

Expands no-cost annual lung cancer screening for adults at increased risk by requiring coverage of low-dose CT or other appropriate lung cancer tests.

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  • Adults aged 50 to 80 who a treating health care professional determines are at increased risk based on personal, environmental, or family risk factors would get full coverage for annual low-dose CT or other appropriate screening.
  • Group health plans, issuers offering group or individual insurance, and applicable federal health programs would have to cover the screening without cost-sharing and could not require prior authorization, step therapy, screening limits stricter than one per year, or extra documentation beyond evidence-based guidelines.
  • The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Office of Personnel Management would issue implementing regulations within 180 days and ensure program-wide compliance.

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Free yearly lung screening for high‑risk adults

If enacted, you would be able to get one covered lung cancer screening each year with no cost-sharing if you are 50 to 80 and your treating clinician determines you are at increased risk based on personal, environmental, or family factors. Insurers and federal health plans would have to cover low-dose CT or other approved lung screening technologies without prior authorization, step therapy, or extra paperwork beyond recent evidence-based guidelines. Plans could not limit screenings to less than one per year. The bill would also require HHS, the Department of Defense, the VA, and OPM to write rules and ensure program-wide compliance within 180 days of enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]

NY • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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