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The bill prioritizes coordinated federal review, targeted outreach, and research collaboration to expand lung cancer screening and improve diagnostics—especially for women and underserved groups—while risking a roughly two-year delay before changes take effect and incurring additional federal costs.
Eligible people (including Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries) — especially women and residents of rural/underserved areas — would likely gain increased access to USPSTF-recommended lung cancer screening and earlier detection through a coordinated national screening strategy and targeted public education.
Researchers, hospitals, and health systems would get clearer federal research priorities and identified opportunities for collaborative environmental, genomic, and imaging research, which could accelerate innovation in diagnostics and treatment.
Patients with lung cancer risk or other chronic conditions may face delays in receiving new programs or research-funded improvements because the mandated federal review could take up to two years before producing actionable changes.
Federal taxpayers could face increased spending if the review leads to new programs, campaigns, or expanded screening initiatives funded by the government.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires HHS (with DoD and VA) to review federal lung cancer research, screening access, and awareness for women and underserved groups and report to Congress within two years.
Requires HHS, working with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, to perform an interagency review of federal lung cancer research, screening access, and public education with a focus on women and underserved populations. The review must identify research gaps and opportunities, strategies to expand access to USPSTF-recommended lung cancer screening, and options for a national awareness campaign, and deliver a report to Congress within two years.
Official title: Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025
Introduced March 25, 2025 by Brendan Francis Boyle · Last progress April 22, 2026