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Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act of 2025
To require insurance coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for adults aged 50 to 80 at increased risk for lung cancer.
Summary
The bill requires all health insurers and federal health programs to provide full coverage without cost-sharing for annual lung cancer screenings using low-dose computed tomography or other appropriate screening technologies for adults aged 50 to 80 who are at increased risk for lung cancer. Healthcare professionals determine eligibility based on personal, environmental, or familial risk factors. The bill prohibits insurers from requiring prior authorization, step-therapy, utilization controls, or frequency limits more restrictive than annual screening, and restricts documentation requirements to those in evidence-based clinical guidelines. Implementing agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Office of Personnel Management must issue regulations within 180 days of enactment to ensure compliance across all affected programs.
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Actions (3)
- Dec 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Nov 25, 2025 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. · house
- Nov 25, 2025 Introduced in House
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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
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. <all>
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