Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Bill Number
- H.R. 842
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Health
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-10-03: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
- Last Updated
- 2026-02-05T17:33:51Z
Official Summary
Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
This bill allows, beginning in 2028, for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate. Coverage is limited to those under a certain age (age 68 in 2028, increased by one year every year thereafter) and to one test every 11 months.
Sponsor
Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Cosponsors (338)
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7], Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9], Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25], Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1], Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2], Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1], Rep. Turner, Sylvester [D-TX-18], Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11], Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3], Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15], Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23], Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12], Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1], Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16], Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3], Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1], Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10], Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24], Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26], Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12], Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24], Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2], Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1], Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5], Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12], Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4], Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11], Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3], Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13], Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2], Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30], Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23], Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11], Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4], Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2], Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37], Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16], Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] and 288 more
Recent Actions
- 2025-10-03: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
- 2025-10-03: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
- 2025-09-17: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- 2025-09-17: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-01-31: 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.
- 2025-01-31: 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.
- 2025-01-31: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-31: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act — issued 2025-01-31 — PDF (7 pages)