Bill requires health plans to pay for cancer gene tests and surgery.
S. 5554 — Ovarian Cancer IMPACT Act · Filed by Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill requires health plans to pay for gene advice and gene testing. It pays for surgery to lower cancer risk. It funds awareness ads and test projects in rural and poor areas. Federal health officials must work together across offices. They must report on progress closing care gaps.
Who it affects
People at high risk for this cancer gain access to gene advice and testing. They gain access to surgery to lower cancer risk. Rural and poor areas get targeted outreach and test projects.
One thing to notice
Health plan mandates may increase demand for gene advice and testing services. This could strain provider numbers in poor areas unless test projects build them up. The bill covers tumor gene profiling and mutation testing for treatment after the disease is found.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- gene advice — A health service where trained advisors help people understand inherited cancer risk.
- gene testing — A medical test that looks for inherited gene changes that raise cancer risk.
- test projects — Trial programs in specific areas to show whether a new approach works.
- poor areas — Places or groups with limited access to doctors and health care.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (12,938 characters) on Oct 7, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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