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Other cancer screening coverage is unaffected

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6221, Sec. 6221. Written by .

Other cancer screening coverage is unaffected

The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6221 in the PDF
What the document says

“Nothing in this section, including the amendments made by this section, shall be construed--”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6221

Subsection (c) of section 6221 provides that nothing in the section affects coverage of other cancer screening tests, such as those for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung or prostate cancer, for a person who takes the new test, and that nothing in it affects coverage of the new test, or its use as a diagnostic or confirmatory test, for a person who takes another cancer screening test.

What the document actually says

“Nothing in this section, including the amendments made by this section, shall be construed--”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6221
That sentence, in plain words

Nothing in this part is to be read in the ways set out next.

What this is about

Taking the new test does not end coverage of other cancer checks. Taking another check does not end coverage of the new test.

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    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 6221, 140 Stat. 661 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm

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    “Other cancer screening coverage is unaffected,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 6221, Sec. 6221. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec6221-rule-of-construction/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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