# 119-hr-8839: Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026 119-hr-8839, Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL) with 25 cosponsors; status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8839 - As of: 2026-11-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-8839 - Congress: 119 - Title: Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-05-14 - Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL) - Cosponsors: 25 - Policy area: Health - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-11-03 ## Summary **creates a federal framework to improve cancer survivorship outcomes.** It would set standards, new payments, coverage rules, grants, and employment supports to help people live with and after cancer. - Cancer survivors and families would receive standardized survivorship care plans, treatment summaries, survivorship navigation, and psychosocial supports. Medicare would add a paid benefit for cancer care planning and coordination, initially paid at the same rate as transitional care management services. - Children and adolescent survivors would get Medicaid transition services with at least two survivorship transition visits per year. Medicaid and CHIP would be required to cover cancer fertility services with no cost-sharing and long-term storage for preserved material of at least 15 years for minors and 10 years for adults; the fertility coverage is effective October 1, 2026. - Workers and caregivers would benefit from a Department of Labor grant program that funds nonprofits to provide employment supports like transportation, childcare, paid-leave assistance, help applying for Social Security, and referrals to workforce training. - Providers and payers would face a new alternative payment model requirement for Medicare and Medicaid to be developed within one year, with design details reported to Congress and explicit inclusion of genetic counselors and mental health professionals. - Community groups, NCI centers, and state programs could get grants starting within 18 months to expand quality-of-life services and navigation. The bill also creates an Office of Cancer Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute and requires a Government Accountability Office study to begin within 6 months. ## Cosponsors (25) - Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Definitions for survivors and caregivers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would define key terms used across the Act. It would define 'cancer survivor' as someone from diagnosis through the rest of life. It would define 'caregiver', 'treatment summary', 'survivorship care plan', and 'survivorship navigation' so programs know who is eligible and what… - Grants to help cancer survivors: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS would award grants to state cancer programs, NCI-designated centers, and community groups to improve survivors' quality of life. Grants would fund mental health care, navigation to implement survivorship care plans, physical activity programs, nutrition counseling, and help keeping… - Medicaid coverage for child cancer survivors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let States provide Medicaid coverage for healthcare transition services for childhood and adolescent cancer survivors despite the usual comparability rules. The services would follow Children's Oncology Group exposure-based standards and include at least two survivorship… - New Medicare cancer care planning: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare would cover 'cancer care planning and coordination services' for people diagnosed with cancer. The plans must be written or electronic, include an Institute of Medicine care plan and treatment summary, and be culturally appropriate. Services may be provided at diagnosis, key tr… - Job and work support for survivors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Labor Department would run a grant program, in consultation with HHS, to help eligible cancer survivors and their families. Grants could pay for transportation, childcare, food supports, physical activity and psychosocial help, short-term financial help during medical leave, help wi… - Medicare and Medicaid survivorship payment model: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary would design an alternative payment model for survivorship care under Medicare and Medicaid within one year. The plan would describe episode rules, bundled payments, required survivorship care plans, navigation services, eligible providers (including genetic counselors and… - GAO study on cancer survivorship progress: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would ask the Government Accountability Office to study progress in cancer survivorship within six months. The GAO study would review care quality, transitions, outcomes, disparities, system capacity, community services, and payment. The Comptroller General would publish a report an… - Federal guidance on survivorship tools: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would convene patients, doctors, tech vendors, and others to review tools for consolidating treatment history and survivorship guidelines. HHS would publish patient and provider resources on making and using survivorship care plans within 36 months. The Department would work with th… ## Related bills - 119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act - 119-hres-1641: Honoring the contributions of Indian Americans and supporting the designation of July as "Indian American Heritage Month". - 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. 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