Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10087 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10087 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cancer care planning and coordination under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 13, 2026 Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cancer care planning and coordination under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act''. (b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) Cancer care in the United States is often described as the best in the world because patients have access to many treatment options, including cutting-edge therapies that save lives and improve the quality of life. (2) Access to the best treatment options is not equal across all populations and in all communities. The 1999 Institute of Medicine report entitled ``The Unequal Burden of Cancer'' found that low-income people often lack access to adequate cancer care and that ethnic minorities have not benefitted fully from cancer treatment advances. (3) In addition, despite access to high-quality treatment options for many, individuals with cancer often do not have access to a cancer care system that incorporates shared decision maki