,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bh1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,gottheimer 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,rutherford7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the 
,social ,security ,act to require       
coverage of lung cancer biomarker       
testing under the ,medicaid program4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,improving ,medicaid ,precision 
and ,cancer ,test ,act of #bjbe4  #b4   
,requiring coverage of lung cancer      
biomarker testing under the ,medicaid   
program  7a7 ,in general ,title ,,xix of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in section #aijb7;a77#aj77;,a71 in 
the matter preceding clause 7i71 by     
striking and 7#cj7 and inserting 7#cj71 
and 7#cb72  7#b7 in section #aije--     
7,a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7i7 in         
paragraph 7#ca71 by striking 2 and and  

inserting a semicolon2  7ii7 by         
redesignating paragraph 7#cb7 as        
paragraph 7#cc72 and  7iii7 by inserting
 the following paragraph after paragraph
 7#ca73  7#cb7 lung cancer biomarker    
testing2 and  2 and  7#c7 in section    
#aicg7;b77#e71 by inserting before the  
period at the end the following3 1 and  
beginning ,january #a1 #bjbg1 coverage  
of lung cancer biomarker testing4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply beginning      
,january #a1 #bjbg4