Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6314 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6314 To require insurance coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for adults aged 50 to 80 at increased risk for lung cancer. _______________________________________________________________________ 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. A