Senate Bill 88 – which would eliminate the costs of diagnostic breast imaging – is a step closer to the law.
Harrisburg – – June 24, 2025 -The Senate approved the legislation today to strengthen the provisions regarding breast cancer in Pennsylvania by ensuring full protection of diagnostic imaging, removing financial barriers for patients today. Sponsored by Dream. Frank Farry (R-6) AND President of the Senate Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39)The Bill 88 Senate is based on success Act 1 of 2023which provided preventive examination for people with high risk without valuables.
Senate Bill 88 He ensures that people who receive incorrect results from additional screening tests like MRI or ultrasound, already covered by the 1-Moga Act now gain access to the necessary diagnostic control imaging without any costs. The Act also extends the eligibility outside of high -risk patients to include people in terms of average risk, increasing Pennsylvania’s law in accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Administration for Health Resources and Services.
While 26 other states followed Pennsylvania’s predominance in offering impartial additional thoracic tests since the passage of Act 1, Pennsylvania remains the only state without guaranteed covering of diagnostic imaging. The Bill 88 Senate closes this gap, providing patients with access to the full continuum of care without financial burdens.
After the voting of the Senate, the legislators and supporters gathered in the capitol rotunda for a press conference to emphasize the importance of expanding access to diagnostic imaging. The co -onents of the Act shared personal stories and emphasized how the provisions would eliminate barriers in timely care.
Dream. Frank Farry (R-6)
“This bill is deeply personal for me. When I go next to my wife’s breast cancer travel, I know how critical diagnostic tests are abnormal examination and no one should delay it because of costs. It is the legislation that is based on the historical progress of act 1 and guarantees that more women can get the answers they need. Early detecting lives, and this account brings us another step to realization.
President of the Senate Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-39)
“The Act 1 of 2023 was a breakthrough step forward – we broke the barriers and we brought hope for thousands of women, providing additional screening and testing of breast cancer without any costs. But we know that the examination is only one part of early detection, and too many patients are still affected by costs for diagnostic imaging, which they need the next. that every woman has access to the full range of breasts, without diagnosis, without diagnosis, regardless of the fact that this is not diagnosis. “
Senate minority leader Jay Costa (D-43)
“I am very proud that I can join my colleagues in the Senate to celebrate a fragment of the Senate of Bill 88, who will undoubtedly provide more mothers of Pennsylvania, sisters, aunts, friends and daughter when they respect each other when they respect each other when they are expanding in the field of breast cancer. Just like in the case of breast cancer. Early breast cancer. Detection.
Dream. Tracy Pennycick (R-24)
“Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. Good news is that mammogram and advanced diagnostic testsIN It can diagnose the disease early when it is most beaten. Today’s voting is not only based on Act 1 of 2023, but establishes our community as a leader in the field of women’s healthcare, ensuring that everyone who needs additional tests can do it without road blockades. “
Senator Christine Tartaglione (D-2)
“Today Pennsylvania takes another step forward in the fight against breast cancer. In the case of the Bill 88 Senate, we make sure that the costs are no longer the reason why someone delays the diagnostic exam. It is about saving life by early detection, and this is deeply personal for me. Here I lost my sister on breast cancer, and I moved this loss in every fight for better care. Removing barriers patients in the first place. “
Dream. Devlin Robinson (R-37)
“This issue is very personal to me. As someone who wears the BRCA gene, I know first hand what it means to live with greater risk. I hear from many of my voters who also have such a risk, which is why this bill matters. Thanks to his passage, we eliminate cost barriers in diagnostic imaging, not get to the result of the MRI content, it cannot happen that there is no observation. Hordle finance.
Dream. Chris Gebhard (R-48)
“Sobby health care-such as genetic tests and MRI breast-are necessary for early detection and treatment of cancer. Act 1 of 2023 was historical regulations, and this bill is aimed at using this success, ensuring a lack of diagnostic breast imaging, and ultimately reduce costs and improving health results.”
The Act received support from leading groups of sparves, including the Pennsylvania breast cancer coalition and American Cancer Society, and is not against insurers.
The Bill 88 Senate is now moving to the House of Representatives to consider.
See today’s press conference here.
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