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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10506 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10506

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of 
  Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the 
    Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants, 
 contracts, or cooperative agreements for supporting new mobile cancer 
    screening units to expand patient access to essential screening 
 services in rural and underserved communities, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2024

  Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. 
  Buchanan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of 
  Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the 
    Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants, 
 contracts, or cooperative agreements for supporting new mobile cancer 
    screening units to expand patient access to essential screening 
 services in rural and underserved communities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mobile Cancer Screening Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Each year, 2,000,000 people in the United States are 
        diagnosed with cancer.
            (2) Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths 
        in the United States, with 127,070 deaths in 2023 alone. 
        Despite its prevalence, only 4.5 percent of eligible 
        individuals were screened for lung cancer in 2022.
            (3) Mobile cancer screening units have proven effective in 
        increasing access to essential screenings, including for breast 
        cancer and more recently lung cancer.
            (4) Nationally, only 26.6 percent of lung cancer cases are 
        diagnosed at an early stage when the 5-year survival rate is 63 
        percent.

SEC. 3. MOBILE CANCER SCREENING GRANTS.

    Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

             ``Subpart XIII--Mobile Cancer Screening Units

``SEC. 340J. GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities for 
the purpose of supporting new mobile cancer screening units to expand 
patient access to essential screening services in rural and underserved 
areas.
    ``(b) Eligible Entities.--Entities eligible for an award under 
subsection (a) include--
            ``(1) a nonprofit hospital;
            ``(2) a Federally qualified health center;
            ``(3) an academic health center;
            ``(4) a health system; and
            ``(5) a consortium or other collaboration of two or more 
        entities listed in any of paragraphs (1) through (4).
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--For the purpose described in subsection (a), 
funds awarded under this section may be used for--
            ``(1) purchasing a commercial vehicle to operate a mobile 
        cancer screening unit;
            ``(2) acquiring imaging technology;
            ``(3) purchasing digital tools needed to operate a mobile 
        cancer screening unit; and
            ``(4) covering other costs determined by the Secretary to 
        be essential startup or operational costs.
    ``(d) Funding Limit.--The amount of an award under subsection (a) 
may not exceed $2,000,000.
    ``(e) Prioritization.--In making awards under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall prioritize--
            ``(1) applicants with the highest potential impact on 
        patient mortality and screening gaps for high-risk individuals;
            ``(2) applicants serving underserved populations, 
        including--
                    ``(A) rural areas; and
                    ``(B) areas served by the Indian Health Service; 
                and
            ``(3) applicants able to provide comprehensive follow-up 
        care for abnormal findings within 90 minutes of the unit by 
        ground transportation.
    ``(f) Matching Funds.--As a condition on receipt of an award under 
this section, an eligible entity shall agree that, with respect to 
costs to be incurred by the entity in carrying out activities for which 
the award is made, the entity will contribute from non-Federal sources, 
in cash or in kind, an amount equal to not less than one dollar for 
every three dollars provided through the award.
    ``(g) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) Submission.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report 
        to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
        and Pensions of the Senate.
            ``(2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) the total number of patients screened using 
                mobile cancer screening units funded through awards 
                under this section, with data on such total number of 
                patients de-identified and disaggregated by race, 
                ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region, disability 
                status, and other relevant factors;
                    ``(B) the impact of awards under subsection (a) on 
                increasing screening rates, early cancer detection, and 
                improved patient outcomes;
                    ``(C) recommendations for improving the program 
                under this section; and
                    ``(D) such other information and recommendations as 
                the Secretary determines to be relevant.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2030.''.
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