U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5520: SCREENS Act
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
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. 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 . SECTION 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: SECTION 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 the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, the Director of the National Cancer Institute, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and key oncology stakeholders, shall establish a national computable-guideline framework for cancer screening recommendations based on data and certain statistics, such as age, sex, and high-risk factors, established in the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force and the National Cancer Institute. Such framework …
Sponsors
- Grassley, Chuck (R, SD-IA) · primary sponsor
- Margaret Hassan (D, SD-NH)
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is SB5520?
- SB5520 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): SCREENS Act.
- What does SB5520 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of SB5520?
- In committee as of September 24, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (September 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5520?
- Grassley, Chuck (R, SD-IA), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB5520?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5520
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