# 119-s-5520: SCREENS Act

119-s-5520, SCREENS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-29).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5520
- Congress: 119
- Title: SCREENS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-29

## Summary

**Creates a national computable-guideline framework for cancer screening** that would make screening recommendations machine-readable, interoperable, and privacy-protected. It would link those recommendations to certified health IT, health plans, and research to support data-driven screening decisions and patient-facing tools. - Patients and families: Would let patients see their recommended screenings, access tools that explain options, and request corrections to their records. Privacy rules limit data used to age, sex, and specified high-risk factors. - Health IT and clinicians: Would require certified electronic health record systems to operationalize the computable screening logic so a patient’s completion status can be determined. That certification condition would take effect no later than 5 years after enactment and must be interoperable with standards like the mCODE dataset or USCDI. - Health plans and research: The Secretary would issue guidance within 2 years to encourage adoption by plans including Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, and ACA exchange plans, and would let consumers opt into certified EHR tools. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute would fund pilots, implementation, and dissemination to test computable guidelines, decision support, and patient-facing aids.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Health plans urged to add screening: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS would have to issue guidance within 2 years encouraging health plans to integrate the computable screening technology. The guidance would cover Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, and Exchange qualified health plans. The guidance would also encourage plans to let consumers op…
- National computable cancer screening framework: benefit, medium. If enacted, the National Coordinator would set up a national, machine-readable cancer screening framework within 1 year. The framework would be updated every year and published in logic that works with the mCODE dataset or USCDI. The bill would require activities under the framework to follow HIPAA…
- PCORI support for screening tools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let PCORI support research, pilot projects, and dissemination to build interoperable health IT that turns evidence-based screening rules into practice. Funded activities could include computable guidelines, decision support, patient-facing decision aids, and tools to find…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2289: Healthy Moms and Babies Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026
- 119-s-4639: IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act
- 119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-5520 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5520)

## Related
- [119-s-2289: Healthy Moms and Babies Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2289)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2904)
- [119-s-4639: IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4639)
- [119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2355)
- [119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-560)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5520 (as of 2026-10-29).