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H.R. 4393: Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

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H.R. 4393: Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-18 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

Plain summary

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover DNA sequencing clinical services for certain individuals. Specifically, states may cover such services for individuals under the age of 21 (or a lower age, if the state chooses) and for former foster youth under the age of 26 who (1) have been referred or admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit and seen by a medical specialist for a chronic or undiagnosed disease, and (2) are suspected by a medical specialist to have a pediatric-onset genetic disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to assist states in developing plans to cover such services. Additionally, the National Academy of Medicine must study the effects of genetic and genomic testing and ways to expand health insurance coverage of such services, including under Medicare and Medicaid.

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Official text

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4393 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116