Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

What it does

This bill allows for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Mar 30, 2023 (Introduced in House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.