SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2024

IB Union Calendar No. 437 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3916 [Report No. 118–525] To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and improve the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 7, 2023 Mr. MORELLE (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce MAY 24, 2024 Additional sponsors: Ms. TLAIB, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. WILD, Mr. CASE, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BOST, Mr. BACON, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. MENG, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BICE, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. CARAVEO, Ms. LETLOW, Ms. MANNING, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. TITUS, Mr. COLE, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ- COLO´N, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. CASTOR of Flor- ida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SOTO, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ROSS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania MAY 24, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 7, 2023] VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3916 RH A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and improve the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3916 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Screening for Commu- 4 nities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services for 5 Cancer Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘SCREENS for Cancer Act of 6 2024’’. 7 SEC. 2. NATIONAL BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER EARLY 8 DETECTION PROGRAM. 9 (a) PROGRAM OF GRANTS TO STATES.—Section 1501 10 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k) is amend- 11 ed— 12 (1) in subsection (a)— 13 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the pro- 14 vision of appropriate follow-up services and sup- 15 port services such as case management’’ and in- 16 serting ‘‘that appropriate follow-up services are 17 provided’’; 18 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘pro- 19 grams for the detection and control’’ and insert- 20 ing ‘‘for the prevention, detection, and control’’; 21 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the de- 22 tection and control’’ and inserting ‘‘the preven- 23 tion, detection, and control’’; 24 (D) in paragraph (5)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3916 RH (i) by striking ‘‘monitor’’ and insert- 1 ing ‘‘ensure’’; and 2 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 3 a semicolon; 4 (E) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 5 paragraph (9); 6 (F) by inserting after paragraph (5), the 7 following: 8 ‘‘(6) to enhance appropriate support activities to 9 increase breast and cervical cancer screening, such 10 as— 11 ‘‘(A) patient navigation; 12 ‘‘(B) implementation of evidence-based or 13 evidence-informed strategies proven to increase 14 breast and cervical cancer screening in health 15 care settings; and 16 ‘‘(C) facilitating access to health care set- 17 tings that provide breast and cervical cancer 18 screenings; 19 ‘‘(7) to reduce disparities in incidents of and 20 deaths due to breast and cervical cancer in popu- 21 lations with higher than average rates; 22 ‘‘(8) to improve access to breast and cervical 23 cancer screening and diagnostic services and reduce 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3916 RH related barriers, including factors that relate to nega- 1 tive health outcomes; and’’; and 2 (G) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 3 striking ‘‘through (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘through 4 (8)’’; and 5 (2) by striking subsection (d). 6 (b) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO TYPE AND 7 QUALITY OF SERVICES.—Section 1503 of the Public Health 8 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300m) is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (a)— 10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that, 11 initially’’ and all that follows through the semi- 12 colon and inserting ‘‘that appropriate breast and 13 cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services 14 are provided based on national recommenda- 15 tions; and’’; 16 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); 17 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 18 paragraph (2); and 19 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 20 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 21 (2) by striking subsection (d). 22 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 1508(b) of the 23 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n–4(b)) is amend- 24 ed— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3916 RH (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REPORT’’ and 1 inserting ‘‘REPORTS’’; 2 (2) by striking ‘‘1 year after the date of the en- 3 actment of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer 4 Early Detection Program Reauthorization of 2007, 5 and annually thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years 6 after the date of enactment of the SCREENS for Can- 7 cer Act of 2024, and every 5 years thereafter,’’; 8 (3) by striking ‘‘Labor and Human Resources’’ 9 and inserting ‘‘Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- 10 sions’’; and 11 (4) by striking ‘‘preceding fiscal year’’ and in- 12 serting ‘‘preceding 2 fiscal years in the case of the 13 first report after the date of enactment of the 14 SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2024, and preceding 5 15 fiscal years for each report thereafter,’’. 16 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 17 1510(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n– 18 5(a)) is amended— 19 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘2011,’’; and 20 (2) by inserting ‘‘, and $275,000,000 for each of 21 fiscal years 2025 through 2029’’ before the period at 22 the end. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 437 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3916 [Report No. 118–525] A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to reau- thorize and improve the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for fis- cal years 2024 through 2028, and for other pur- poses. MAY 24, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 May 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3916.RH H3916 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS