CATCH IT Act

119 HR 5858 IH: Community Access to Treatment and Care for Health through Increased Testing Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-10-28 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5858 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 28, 2025 Ms. Scholten (for herself and Mrs. Hinson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To make it easier for rural health facilities to buy and upgrade preventative health care equipment through the Community Facilities Grant Program of the Department of Agriculture. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Access to Treatment and Care for Health through Increased Testing Act or the CATCH IT Act . 2. Increase in Federal share of cost of preventative health care equipment for rural health facility under the Community Facilities Grant Program Section 306(a)(19)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (iii), by adding at the end the following: The Federal share determined under the preceding sentence shall be increased by 25 percentage points if the development of the facility includes the purchase or upgrading of preventative health care equipment. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (iv) Preventative health care equipment defined In clause (iii), the term preventative health care equipment includes equipment such as the following: (I) Advanced breast imaging equipment that may be used in a digital breast tomosynthesis or 3-dimensional mammography. (II) Mobile cancer screening unit. (III) Laboratory equipment that may be used in multi-cancer early detection or diagnostic cancer screening. (IV) Colorectal cancer screening equipment. (V) Computerized tomography scanner. (VI) Diagnostic ultrasound equipment. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.