,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eega  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjbe,mrs4 ,dingell 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7 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 amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
no-cost coverage for ,,pfas testing     
under the ,medicare program4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,expanding ,seniors' ,access to ,,pfas  
,testing ,act4  #b4 ,no-cost coverage   
for ,,pfas testing under ,medicare  7a7 
,in general ,section #ahfa of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciex7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection
 7ww77#b7-- 7,a7 by moving the margin of

 subparagraph 7,n7 #b ems to the left2  
7,b7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,o7 
as subparagraph 7,p72 and  7,c7 by      
inserting after subparagraph 7,n7 the   
following new subparagraph3  7,o7 ,,pfas
 testing 7as defined in subsection      
7nnn774  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following new subsection3  7nnn7
 ,,pfas testing ,the term ,,pfas testing
 means a blood test ordered by a        
physician to determine the concentration
 of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl  
substances4  4  7b7 ,application of no  
cost-,sharing ,section #ahcc7;a77#a7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7a77#a77 is amended--   
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,y71 by inserting 
7other than ,,pfas testing 7as defined  
in section #ahfa7nnn77 furnished on or  
after ,january #a1 #bjbh7 after in the  
case of such services described in      
subparagraph 7,a72  7#b7 in subparagraph
 7,,gg71 by striking and at the end2 and
  7#c7 by inserting 1 and 7,,ii7 with   
respect to ,,pfas testing 7as defined in

 section #ahfa7nnn77 performed on or    
after ,january #a1 #bjbh1 the amounts   
paid shall be #ajj percent of the lesser
 of the actual charges for testing or   
the amount determined under the fee     
schedule that applies to the screening  
and preventive services described in    
section #ahfa7ww77#b7 before the        
semicolon at the end4