,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1 #bjbj 
,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide funds to the ,centers for       
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services to       
provide grants to entities to establish 
lung cancer screening registries        
approved by the ,centers for ,medicare  
,medicaid ,services for submission of   
certain data required for reimbursement 
under the ,medicare program for certain 
screening services1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,grants to establish lung
 cancer screening registries approved by
 the ,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid  

,services for submission of certain data
 required for reimbursement under the   
,medicare program for certain screening 
services  7a7 ,grants ,there is         
appropriated to the ,centers for        
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services1 out of  
any moneys in the ,treasury not         
otherwise appropriated1 #b1jjj1jjj for  
each of fiscal years #bjba through #bjbe
 to make grants to entities to establish
 and carry out registries that are      
approved by the ,centers for ,medicare  
,medicaid ,services as meeting the      
requirements described in the ,final    
,national ,coverage ,determination on   
,screening for ,lung ,cancer with ,low  
,dose ,computed ,tomography published on
 ,february #e1 #bjae4  7b7 ,limitation  
,as a condition of receiving a grant    
pursuant to subsection 7a71 with respect
 to a registry described in such        
subsection1 an entity may not charge any
 fee for access to such registry4  #b4  
,encouraging data interoperability among
 lung cancer screening registries ,the  

,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall take such actions as may
 be necessary to ensure data            
interoperability between all registries 
described in section #a7;a7 7including  
such registries established using funds 
provided under such section1            
interoperability between all            
,,cms-approved lung cancer screening    
registries71 including by-- 7#a7        
requiring interoperability as a         
condition of receiving any ,federal     
funding for such a registry2 and  7#b7  
revoking any such funding for such a    
registry if the registry is not         
interoperable with other such           
registries4  #c4 ,grants for the        
development of lung cancer screening1   
detection1 and prevention quality       
measures  7a7 ,in general ,subject to   
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services shall award
 competitive grants to organizations    
with quality measure development        
expertise to develop1 using data        

contained in registries described in    
section #a7;a7 7including such a        
registry established using funds        
provided under such section71 quality   
and efficiency measures described in    
subsection 7b7 for review and potential 
endorsement by a consensus-based entity 
with a contract in effect under section 
#ahij of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;aaa7 for uses including
 as described in subsection 7b77#g77;,b7
 of such section4  7b7 ,quality and     
efficiency measures described ,for      
purposes of subsection 7a71 quality and 
efficiency measures described in this   
subsection are quality and efficiency   
measures to improve health care         
efficiency and outcomes with respect to 
lung cancer screening practices1 early  
detection of lung cancer1 and lung      
cancer prevention4  7c7 ,authorization  
of appropriations ,there is authorized  
to be appropriated to carry out         
subsection 7a7 #a1jjj1jjj for each of   
fiscal years #bjba through #bjbe4