S. 2085 · 118th Congress

Allows Medicare to cover FDA-approved tests that screen for many types of cancer

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

Never got a floor voteMedicare coverage of new tests and services

§1What it does

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This bill would allow Medicare to cover and pay for multi-cancer early detection screening tests, which screen for many types of cancer, if the Food and Drug Administration has approved them.2,3 Coverage would depend on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determining that it is appropriate.2,3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, June 21, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.1
IntroducedJune 21, 2023
SponsorSen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Cosponsors64 cosponsors (35 Democratic, 27 Republican, 2 independent)
Official recordS. 2085 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, June 21, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (16)