H.R. 2407 · 118th Congress

Allows Medicare to cover multi-cancer early detection screening tests

Official title: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act1

Never got a floor voteMedicare coverage of new tests and services

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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As introduced, this bill would allow Medicare to cover and pay for multi-cancer early detection screening tests, which screen for many types of cancer at once, if the tests are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.2,3 Coverage would depend on a determination by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the agency that runs Medicare, that covering the tests is appropriate.3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, December 17, 2024: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-893, Part I.1
IntroducedMarch 30, 2023
SponsorRep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Cosponsors319 cosponsors (181 Democratic, 138 Republican)
Official recordH.R. 2407 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, December 17, 2024: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-893, Part I.1 How bills die without a vote.

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