ACS CAN Leadership Summit & Lobby Day 2026

Access to Care One Big Beautiful Bill, P.L. 119-21. Advocate to protect cancer patients in implementation of changes to Medicaid under the law. Health Care Affordability Act, H.R.247, S.46. Bill would permanently extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits. Association Health Plans Act, H.R.2528, S.1847. This bill would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to treat association health plans as employers. Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 2571. This bill would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance. Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act, H.R. 3037/S.1500. To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect to diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations. Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventative Services Act of 2025, H.R.2319, S.1157. This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services working with the Department of Defense, to conduct an interagency review to evaluate the status of and identify opportunities for research on women and lunch cancer preventative services. Safe Step Act, H.R. 5509, S. 2903. Bill would require an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol in commercial insurance plans. Bipartisan Premium Tax Credit Extension Act, H.R. 5145, Bill would extend the enhanced ACA tax credits for one year. Breaking the Gridlock Act, H.R. 1834. Bill would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years. Common Ground for Affordable Health Care Act, H.R.6575. Bill would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for one year and make other adjustments. Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act, H.R.6501. Bill would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years and make other adjustments. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act, H.R.5439, S.2834. The bill would create a pilot program in Medicare for beneficiaries with diet-related diseases to receive medically tailored meals to their own home. Womens Health and Cancer Rights Modernization Act of 2025, H.R.5813. This bill amends the Womens Health & Cancer Rights Act to require that commercial health plans provide coverage of breast or wall reconstruction provided as part of breast cancer treatment. HELP Copays Act, H.R. 6423, S. 864. Bill would apply financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans. Health Disparities Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Early Detection Screening Coverage Act, P.L. 119-75. Legislation to improve access to new and innovative cancer screenings for Medicare beneficiaries by creating a pathway to allow Medicare to initiate coverage of multi-cancer tests following FDA approval if a clinical benefit is shown. Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS for Cancer Act, H.R. 2381, S.1866. Reauthorizes the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) through 2030 to provide the program greater flexibility in providing access to lifesaving screening, diagnostic, and treatment services and continue its innovative work aimed to reduce disparities and advance health equity in breast and cervical cancer. Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act, H.R. 4541, S. 2339. This bill would reauthorize the CDC program that supports young and high-risk women as well as their providers to better understand breast health. Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-Risk Insured Men (PSA Screening for HIM) Act, H.R. 1300, S. 297. Legislation to remove cost sharing of PSA testing for those at the highest risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Act, H.R.1406. To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the coverage of additional lung cancer screening tests under the Medicare program. Data Equity. Legislative and regulatory funding to support the collection of detailed demographic data toward reducing disparities in cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. Prevent HPV Cancer Act of 2025, H.R. 6561. This bill would create a national public awareness campaign to promote education and awareness of HPV and HPV-associated cancers and would increase funding for the NBCCED program to boost breast and cervical cancer screening. Childhood Cancer Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Reauthorization Act (STAR) Act. Continued implementation and funding of the Childhood Cancer STAR Act to promote the development of new, safer therapies for children with cancer. Our appropriations request includes $30 million for the Childhood Cancer STAR Act and $50 million for the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative. Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act, P.L. 119-75. Legislation that alleviates these burdens for families and providers by facilitating coordination across state lines and clarifying the process by which state Medicaid programs can cover specialized treatment regardless of where the child lives and where their care is received. Give Kids and Chance Act of 2025, P.L. 119-75. Legislation that would accelerate pediatric cancer treatments and expand access to live-saving therapies for children battling rare diseases, spur drug development for pediatric rare diseases, improve outcomes for patients, and close gaps in pediatric drug research. One Big Beautiful Bill, P.L. 119-21, Advocate to protect pediatric cancer patients in implementation of changes to Medicaid under the law. Quality of Life Palliative Care Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), S. 22870, H.R. 4425. Legislation to facilitate access to palliative care and coordinated care management. Palliative Care Research Funding. Funding to focus and expand national research programs in palliative care at the National Institutes of Health. Specifically, ACS CAN is working to include funding for palliative care research in the FY26 LHHS Appropriations bill. Federal Health Care Programs Department of Defense Cancer Research Funding. Ensure continued funding for cancer research within the DOD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. Clinical Trials Clinical Trial Modernization Act, H.R. 3521. Increase access to clinical trials for all persons with cancer to participate by reducing barriers to enrollment including support for and remote access to trials. To amend the Internal Revenue Act of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to clinical trial participants, and for other purposes, H.R. 4184. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to clinical trial participants.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L.119-21. Advocate to protect cancer patients in implementation of changes to Medicaid under the law. Issues regarding expanding the availability of the charitable deduction for non-itemizers. Issues respecting charitable giving and life income planning, issues regarding taxation of charitable organizations, and issues regarding economic relief for nonprofit organizations. Issues related to stimulus for nonprofit organizations and increasing charitable giving. Clinical Trial Modernization Act, H.R. 3521. Increase access to clinical trials for all persons with cancer to participate by reducing barriers to enrollment including support for ancillary (non-medical) costs and remote access to trials. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to clinical trial participants, and for other purposes, H.R. 4184. Legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to clinical trial participants. Health Care Affordability Act, H.R. 247, S. 46. Bill would permanently extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits. Bipartisan Premium Tax Credit Extension Act, H.R. 5145. Bill would extend the enhanced ACA tax credits for one year. Breaking the Gridlock Act, H.R. 1834. Bill would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years. CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act, H.R.6575. Bill would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for one year and make other adjustments. Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act, H.R.6501. Bill would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years and make other adjustments. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the temporary enhanced premium credits, S.2824. Bill would extend the enhanced ACA tax credits for two years.