HR 1946 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 16, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Terri A. Sewell D-AL

Latest action · Mar 17, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 16, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021

This bill provides 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.

Cosponsors 257

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2021 to Dec 7, 2022; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV	Original	Mar 16, 2021
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Mar 16, 2021
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Mar 16, 2021
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Mar 16, 2021
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 16, 2021
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Apr 19, 2021
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 19, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 19, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Apr 19, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Apr 19, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Apr 19, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Apr 19, 2021
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Apr 19, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 19, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Apr 19, 2021
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Apr 19, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 19, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Apr 19, 2021
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Apr 19, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Apr 19, 2021
R-SC	Tom Rice		Apr 19, 2021
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Apr 19, 2021
R-IN	Greg Pence		May 11, 2021
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		May 11, 2021
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		May 11, 2021
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		May 11, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		May 12, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		May 12, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		May 12, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 14, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 14, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 14, 2021
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Jun 14, 2021
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jun 14, 2021
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jun 14, 2021
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 16, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jun 16, 2021
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Jun 28, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jun 28, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jun 28, 2021
R-PA	John Joyce		Jun 28, 2021
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Jun 28, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jun 28, 2021
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jul 16, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jul 16, 2021
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Jul 16, 2021
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Jul 16, 2021
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jul 16, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jul 16, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jul 26, 2021
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Jul 26, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jul 27, 2021
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jul 27, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jul 27, 2021
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Jul 27, 2021
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 29, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 29, 2021
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Aug 3, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Aug 3, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Aug 23, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Aug 23, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson		Aug 23, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Aug 23, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Aug 27, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Aug 27, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 28, 2021
R-CA	Michelle Steel		Sep 28, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 29, 2021
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Sep 29, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 29, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng		Sep 29, 2021
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 29, 2021
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 29, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Sep 29, 2021
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Sep 29, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon		Sep 30, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 30, 2021
R-GA	Austin Scott		Oct 5, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Oct 5, 2021
R-MS	Michael Guest		Oct 5, 2021
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 5, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild		Oct 5, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Oct 5, 2021
R-OK	Tom Cole		Oct 5, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Oct 5, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Oct 15, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Oct 15, 2021
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne		Oct 15, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Oct 15, 2021
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Oct 15, 2021
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Oct 15, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey		Oct 20, 2021
R-TX	Brian Babin		Oct 20, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Oct 20, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Oct 20, 2021
R-PA	Fred Keller		Oct 21, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 21, 2021
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Oct 21, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Oct 27, 2021
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 27, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Oct 27, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Oct 28, 2021
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Oct 28, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Nov 4, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Nov 4, 2021
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Nov 4, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Nov 4, 2021
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Nov 17, 2021
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Nov 17, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Nov 17, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Nov 17, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Nov 23, 2021
R-MO	Sam Graves		Nov 23, 2021
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Nov 30, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Nov 30, 2021
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 2, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Dec 2, 2021
R-CA	Young Kim		Dec 2, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Dec 8, 2021
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Dec 8, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Dec 16, 2021
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Dec 16, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Dec 20, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Dec 20, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Dec 20, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Dec 20, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Dec 20, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Dec 20, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele		Dec 20, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Dec 20, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Dec 20, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones		Dec 20, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Dec 20, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Dec 20, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Dec 20, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Dec 20, 2021
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Dec 20, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Dec 20, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jan 12, 2022
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Jan 18, 2022
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jan 19, 2022
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Feb 1, 2022
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Feb 1, 2022
R-TX	Tony Gonzales		Feb 1, 2022
R-IL	Mike Bost		Feb 3, 2022
R-TN	John W. Rose		Feb 4, 2022
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Feb 8, 2022
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Feb 8, 2022
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Feb 9, 2022
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Feb 11, 2022
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Feb 11, 2022
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Feb 18, 2022
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Feb 18, 2022
D-HI	Ed Case		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Feb 18, 2022
R-KS	Ron Estes		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Feb 18, 2022
R-IN	Jim Banks		Feb 25, 2022
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Feb 25, 2022
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Feb 28, 2022
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Mar 1, 2022
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Mar 9, 2022
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 15, 2022
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Mar 17, 2022
D-TX	Al Green		Mar 28, 2022
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Mar 28, 2022
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Mar 28, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Mar 28, 2022
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 28, 2022
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Mar 29, 2022
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Mar 29, 2022
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 30, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Mar 30, 2022
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Apr 4, 2022
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 4, 2022
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 5, 2022
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Apr 14, 2022
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Apr 14, 2022
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Apr 14, 2022
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 14, 2022
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Apr 14, 2022
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Apr 14, 2022
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Apr 14, 2022
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 14, 2022
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Apr 26, 2022
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Apr 26, 2022
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Apr 26, 2022
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Apr 26, 2022
D-GA	David Scott		May 6, 2022
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		May 6, 2022
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		May 6, 2022
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		May 10, 2022
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		May 12, 2022
D-CO	Jason Crow		May 13, 2022
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		May 16, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips		May 17, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		May 17, 2022
R-VA	Ben Cline		May 18, 2022
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 18, 2022
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		May 31, 2022
R-IL	Rodney Davis		May 31, 2022
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 7, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 7, 2022
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 7, 2022
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jun 7, 2022
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jun 7, 2022
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jun 7, 2022
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Jun 9, 2022
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Jun 13, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey		Jun 13, 2022
R-NY	John Katko		Jun 14, 2022
R-CA	Mike Garcia		Jun 14, 2022
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jun 22, 2022
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jul 12, 2022
R-IN	James R. Baird		Jul 12, 2022
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 12, 2022
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Jul 14, 2022
D-CA	Ami Bera		Jul 14, 2022
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jul 18, 2022
R-TN	David Kustoff		Jul 19, 2022
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Jul 21, 2022
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jul 21, 2022
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jul 26, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 26, 2022
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jul 27, 2022
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jul 27, 2022
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Aug 2, 2022
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Aug 30, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Aug 30, 2022
D-WA	Adam Smith		Sep 13, 2022
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Sep 13, 2022
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Sep 13, 2022
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Sep 13, 2022
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Sep 15, 2022
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Sep 15, 2022
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Sep 19, 2022
R-TX	August Pfluger		Oct 7, 2022
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Oct 7, 2022
D-CA	Josh Harder		Oct 7, 2022
D-VT	Peter Welch		Oct 7, 2022
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Oct 7, 2022
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Oct 7, 2022
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Oct 21, 2022
R-MN	Brad Finstad		Oct 25, 2022
R-TX	Kay Granger		Oct 28, 2022
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Nov 3, 2022
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Nov 3, 2022
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Nov 3, 2022
D-MA	William R. Keating		Nov 14, 2022
R-TX	Pat Fallon		Nov 17, 2022
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Dec 7, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 16, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 17, 2021
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 16, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 16, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2021Referred 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.
Mar 16, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H1319	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Mar 7, 2022

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 49, March 16, 2021, page H1414.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 117-53	ENHANCING PUBLIC HEALTH: LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES239 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Oct 20, 2021

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1873	Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021	Related bill	May 27, 2021
HR 8845	Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2020	Reintroduction of	Dec 3, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House

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