House Bill Would Require Medicare, Medicaid to Cover Lung Cancer Screening With No Prior Approval
This bill is currently sitting in the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees. It has not seen any action since November 2025, which is a period of seven months. Because most bills do not receive a committee vote, this proposal is considered stalled.
No action since November 2025
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 4286 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 4286 (118th) →How this policy affects specific groups of people
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.
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Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz reintroduced the bipartisan Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act. The bill prohibits prior authorization for CT lung imaging and expands Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation services and outreach efforts.
The American Lung Association appealed to Congress to pass the Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act. The bill provides for coverage without prior authorization of annual screenings under Medicaid and Medicare and expands tobacco cessation counseling to all Medicaid individuals.
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor has introduced the Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act. Moffitt Cancer Center officials say screenings could save many lives, noting lung cancer accounts for 25% of all cancer deaths each year, and advocate for wider accessibility for these screenings.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act
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