,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #h1 #bjba,mr4  
,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 and    
,mr4 ,lowenthal7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xxvii of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act to    
expand the availability of coverage for 
lung cancer screenings without the      
imposition of cost sharing4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,katherine's ,law for ,lung ,cancer     
,early ,detection and ,survival ,act of 
#bjba4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3 7#a7 ,lung cancer is the 
number #a killer of all cancers4  7#b7  
,lung cancer causes more deaths than    
prostate cancer1 breast cancer1 and     
colorectal cancer combined4  7#c7 ,the  
reason for the extremely low #e-year    
survival rate in lung cancer patients is
 the difficulty to find it at early     

stages 7as patients have no symptoms at 
early stages74  7#d7 ,for all stages of 
lung cancer1 the overall #e-year        
survival rate is #ai percent1 while such
 rate is #ih percent for prostate cancer
 and #ij percent for breast cancer 7all 
stages74  7#e7 ,early detection of lung 
cancer through screening could          
dramatically increase survival rates for
 patients4  #c4 ,expanding the          
availability of coverage for lung cancer
 screenings without the imposition of   
cost sharing  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#bgac of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#ac7 is     
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
in paragraph 7#b71 by striking and at   
the end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2  7,c7 in         
paragraph 7#d71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2  7,d7 by
 redesignating paragraph 7#e7 as        
paragraph 7#f72 and  7,e7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#d7 the following new  

paragraph3  7#e7 lung cancer screenings1
 in addition to any coverage for such   
screenings provided pursuant to         
paragraph 7#a71 for individuals who have
 a high risk of lung cancer due to      
genetic1 occupational1 family history1  
or other exposures and who has a        
referral from a specialist 7such as a   
pulmonary medicine physician71 provided 
that such specialist explains the       
benefits and harms of such screenings   
and the individual's risk of lung       
cancer4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following new subsection3  7d7  
,special rule for certain lung cancer   
screenings ,in the case of a lung cancer
 screening furnished to an individual   
that would be a service described under 
subsection 7a77#a7 but for the fact that
 the individual stopped smoking more    
than #ae years prior to the date of such
 screening or is #hj years of age or    
older as of such date1 such screening   
shall be deemed to be a service so      
described under such subsection4  4  7b7

 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect
 to plan years beginning on or after    
,january #a1 #bjbb4