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H.R. 4393 · 116th Congress

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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39 cosponsors · 36 D, 3 R

This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover DNA sequencing clinical services for certain individuals.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 18, 2019

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover DNA sequencing clinical services for certain individuals.

Specifically, states may cover such services for individuals under the age of 21 (or a lower age, if the state chooses) and for former foster youth under the age of 26 who (1) have been referred or admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit and seen by a medical specialist for a chronic or undiagnosed disease, and (2) are suspected by a medical specialist to have a pediatric-onset genetic disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to assist states in developing plans to cover such services.

Additionally, the National Academy of Medicine must study the effects of genetic and genomic testing and ways to expand health insurance coverage of such services, including under Medicare and Medicaid.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

Latest action (Sep 19, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 18, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.