Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2025
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide free cancer screening and medical testing to its firefighters. The screenings cover breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and any other cancers that the CDC identifies as occurring at higher rates among firefighters.
Who Benefits and How
Department of Defense firefighters benefit by receiving comprehensive cancer screenings at no personal cost during their annual health assessments. Female firefighters receive mammograms, male firefighters receive prostate-specific antigen tests, and all firefighters receive colon cancer screenings based on age and risk factors. High-risk individuals (including African Americans and those with family history) receive screenings at earlier ages.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Defense bears the administrative and financial burden of implementing and funding these cancer screening programs. The Secretary of Defense must establish testing protocols, document acceptance rates and results, track cancer occurrence trends, and potentially share data with the CDC.
Key Provisions
- Mandatory breast cancer screening (mammograms) for female firefighters aged 40+
- Mandatory colon cancer screening (colonoscopy or stool-based testing) for firefighters aged 45+
- Mandatory prostate cancer screening (PSA tests) for male firefighters aged 50+ or high-risk individuals aged 40+
- Documentation requirements for test acceptance rates and cancer occurrence trends
- Data sharing provisions with CDC for scientific analysis
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide free cancer screening and medical testing services to Department of Defense firefighters during their annual health assessments.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Healthcare, Occupational Safety
Primary Purpose
Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide free cancer screening and medical testing services to Department of Defense firefighters during their annual health assessments.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Medical testing and related services for firefighters of Department of Defense
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Defense firefighters
- Healthcare providers contracted by DoD
- Cancer screening equipment/service providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Defense (administrative/financial)
- Secretary of Defense (compliance/reporting)
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Slotkin (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Defense
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Someone whose primary job or military occupational specialty is being a firefighter
An individual who is African American; has at least one first-degree relative diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age; or is otherwise determined by the Secretary to be high risk with respect to prostate cancer
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