Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act of 2025

All health insurers—including a group health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, and all applicable Federal health programs—shall provide full coverage, without cost-sharing, for annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) or other appropriate lung cancer screening technologies for eligible individuals described in section (3).

Coverage under this Act may not be subject to—

(1) prior authorization;

(2) step-therapy or other utilization controls;

(3) frequency limits more restrictive than one screening annually; or

(4) documentation requirements beyond those included in recent evidence-based clinical guidelines.

(1) is 50 to 80 years old; and

(2) is determined by a treating health care professional to be at increased risk for lung cancer based on personal, environmental, or familial risk factors.