SCREENS Act

This bill would require the federal National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to create, within one year, a national framework that turns federal cancer screening recommendations into computer-readable rules, updated every year. The rules would be public and work with existing health data standards. Within five years, certified health record software would have to include a feature that shows whether a patient is up to date on recommended cancer screenings, using only the minimum patient data needed. The Department of Health and Human Services would issue guidance encouraging Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, and marketplace health plans to use this technology, and a federal research institute could fund related research and pilot projects.

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Sponsors

• Chuck Grassley Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors