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Read. Follow. Verify.SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025
Last action · March 26, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Sponsors: Joseph Morelle and 71 others
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill reauthorizes the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program () through 2030 and updates its mission to focus on health equity and evidence-based screening strategies. It also mandates a GAO study to evaluate the program's reach and identify barriers to accessing cancer screenings.
The bill authorizes $235 million annually from 2026 through 2030 to provide breast and cervical cancer screenings for low-income, uninsured, or underinsured individuals across the U.S.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Low-income, uninsured, or underinsured women
This group is the primary recipient of the cancer screening and diagnostic services provided by the program.
State and Tribal health departments
These entities receive federal support to implement screening programs and must adhere to updated program requirements.
Key Facts
- Authorizes $235 million in annual funding for the NBCCEDP for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
- Expands the program's mission to include the prevention of cancer, not just detection and control.
- Adds requirements to implement evidence-based strategies to increase screening rates and navigate health care services.
- Directs the program to focus on reducing disparities in cancer incidents and deaths among high-risk populations.
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- Mandates that the Comptroller General of the United States submit a report on the program's reach and barriers to access by September 30, 2027.
- Changes the frequency of required program reports from annually to every 5 years.
- Updates the program's focus to include improving equitable access and reducing barriers to diagnostic services.
- The program serves low-income, uninsured, or underinsured women across all 50 states, D.C., 6 territories, and 13 Tribes.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 26, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Mar 26, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
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Shift to 5-year reporting cycle
The bill moves the program from annual reporting to a 5-year reporting cycle, reducing administrative oversight frequency.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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