SCREENS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10850 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10850 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to establish a national computable-guideline framework for cancer screening recommendations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 19, 2026 Mrs. Hinson (for herself and Ms. Scholten) 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 the Public Health Service Act to require the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to establish a national computable-guideline framework for cancer screening recommendations, and for other purposes. 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 ``Standardizing Cancer Recommendations for Earlier Evaluation and Navigation of Screenings Act'' or the ``SCREENS Act''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL COMPUTABLE-GUIDELINE FRAMEWORK FOR CANCER SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XXX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj-11 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 3009B. NATIONAL COMPUTABLE-GUIDELINE FRAMEWORK FOR CANCER SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS. ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Standardizing Cancer Recommendations for Earlier Evaluation and Navigation of Screenings Act, the National Coordinator, in consultation with