[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6314 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6314

  To require insurance coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for 
        adults aged 50 to 80 at increased risk for lung cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 25, 2025

    Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and 
 Veterans' Affairs, 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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                                 A BILL


 
  To require insurance coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for 
        adults aged 50 to 80 at increased risk for lung cancer.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Coverage Standard.--All health insurers--including a group 
health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group or individual 
health insurance coverage, and all applicable Federal health programs--
shall provide full coverage, without cost-sharing, for annual low-dose 
computed tomography (LDCT) or other appropriate lung cancer screening 
technologies for eligible individuals described in section (3).
    (b) Prohibited Barriers.--Coverage under this Act may not be 
subject to--
            (1) prior authorization;
            (2) step-therapy or other utilization controls;
            (3) frequency limits more restrictive than one screening 
        annually; or
            (4) documentation requirements beyond those included in 
        recent evidence-based clinical guidelines.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

    An eligible individual is an adult who--
            (1) is 50 to 80 years old; and
            (2) is determined by a treating health care professional to 
        be at increased risk for lung cancer based on personal, 
        environmental, or familial risk factors.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management shall issue implementing regulations 
within 180 days of enactment and ensure program-wide compliance.
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