Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Summary
The Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act sets minimum care standards for all cancer survivors, creates programs for care coordination, employment help, and Medicaid coverage of transition and fertility services, and establishes an Office of Cancer Survivorship to oversee the effort. It targets the roughly 18 million current survivors and the projected 26 million by 2040, aiming to reduce disparities and boost quality of life.
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