[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6320 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6320
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of
lung cancer biomarker testing under the Medicaid program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 28, 2025
Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Rutherford) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of
lung cancer biomarker testing under the Medicaid program.
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 ``Improving Medicaid Precision and
Cancer Test Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING COVERAGE OF LUNG CANCER BIOMARKER TESTING UNDER THE
MEDICAID PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 1902(a)(10)(A), in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ``and (30)'' and inserting ``(30), and
(32)'';
(2) in section 1905--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (31), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (32) as
paragraph (33); and
(iii) by inserting the following paragraph
after paragraph (31):
``(32) lung cancer biomarker testing; and''; and
(3) in section 1937(b)(5), by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ``, and beginning January 1, 2027,
coverage of lung cancer biomarker testing''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply beginning January 1, 2027.
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