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H.R. 4752: Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act
119th Congress · introduced 2025-07-23 · Health · Latest: 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.
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Official title
Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act
Plain summary
Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act This bill provides for Medicare coverage of germline mutation testing for individuals with a personal or family history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation or suspected history of hereditary cancer, as well as for associated coverage of risk-reducing surgeries and screenings.
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Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · 34 cosponsors
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ), Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] reported raising $3.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr4752.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr4752 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills