U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10850: SCREENS Act
Status: In committee, October 19, 2026
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, October 19, 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
- Ashley Hinson (R, HD-002) · primary sponsor
- Hillary Scholten (D, HD-003)
Latest actions
- : 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB10850?
- HB10850 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): SCREENS Act.
- What does HB10850 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 HB10850?
- In committee as of October 19, 2026. Latest action: 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. (October 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10850?
- Ashley Hinson (R, HD-002), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10850?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10850
Source: official Congress record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.