HF 5119

05/01/26   REVISOR  SGS/CG  26-08560
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in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.    5119
05/06/2026     Authored by Wolgamott
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to health; directing the commissioner of health to conduct a feasibility
1.3study of establishing a mobile lung cancer screening program in greater Minnesota;
1.4appropriating money.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. FEASIBILITY STUDY; MOBILE LUNG CANCER SCREENING
1.7PROGRAM IN GREATER MINNESOTA.
1.8(a) The commissioner of health must study the feasibility of establishing a mobile lung
1.9cancer screening program for residents of greater Minnesota in which a mobile unit
1.10containing a computed tomography scanner and staffed with appropriate health professionals
1.11and other personnel travels to various locations in greater Minnesota and screens residents
1.12for lung cancer. In this study, the commissioner must:
1.13(1) estimate costs for equipment and supplies needed to implement the program, including
1.14the cost of purchasing or renting one or more mobile units with a computed tomography
1.15scanner and the cost of other equipment and supplies;
1.16(2) estimate the numbers and types of health professionals and other personnel needed
1.17to staff each mobile unit and staffing costs;
1.18(3) identify services to be provided by each mobile unit, including screening residents
1.19for lung cancer and providing referrals when appropriate;
1.20(4) identify particular regions of greater Minnesota with barriers to lung cancer screening,
1.21evaluate how a mobile lung cancer screening program may increase access to screening in
Section 1.  1
05/01/26   REVISOR  SGS/CG  26-08560
2.1  these regions, and estimate the number of residents who could be screened annually by a
2.2  mobile unit; and
2.3      (5) identify and examine other elements of a program as determined by the commissioner.
2.4      (b) By February 1, 2027, the commissioner must submit a report on the study conducted
2.5  under paragraph (a) to the chairs and ranking minority members, and the cochairs, of the
2.6  legislative committees with jurisdiction over health policy and finance.
2.7    Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
2.8      $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
2.9  health to conduct a feasibility study of establishing a mobile lung cancer screening program
2.10 in greater Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation.
Sec. 2.  2