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Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests furnished under the Medicare program.
Summary
This bill would amend Medicare to eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests, meaning Medicare would cover these tests at 100 percent with no out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries. Currently, the law limits this full coverage through 2026, after which coinsurance requirements resume. The bill would make the 100 percent coverage permanent by removing the sunset date and the provision for reduced coverage in later years. This change would ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have no cost-sharing obligations for qualifying colorectal cancer screening tests indefinitely.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Bonnie Watson Coleman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BEIGENE $13,400
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY $11,150
- WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON $8,600
- NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF HEALTH $7,600
- GHO VENTURES, LLC $7,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Bonnie Watson Coleman → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Sep 30, 2025 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. · house
- Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 30, 2025
Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was 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
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests furnished under the Medicare 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 “Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act”.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TESTS FURNISHED UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Section 1833(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(dd)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “and before January 1, 2030,”; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by adding “and” at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “through 2026, 85 percent; and” and inserting “and each subsequent year, 100 percent.”; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C). <all>
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