To amend the Public Health Service Act to update quality standards for mammography facilities for the use of AI systems, and for other purposes.
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (27 Apr 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What this bill does
H.R. 8526 would amend the Public Health Service Act's quality standards for mammography facilities to explicitly allow machine-learning or artificial intelligence systems, in addition to physicians, to satisfy certain interpretation-related requirements. Specifically, it changes statutory language that currently refers only to a "physician" performing certain mammography-interpretation functions so that it also covers an AI or machine-learning system performing those functions. It also removes a requirement that a particular report be "signed by the interpreting physician," which would affect how mammography results are documented.
The bill primarily affects mammography facilities, radiologists and other physicians who interpret mammograms, and developers or users of AI/machine-learning diagnostic systems, since it changes the legal standards those facilities must meet to be certified and to bill for services under federal law. Patients could be indirectly affected to the extent that AI systems become formally recognized as able to fulfill roles previously reserved for physicians in the mammography quality-assurance framework.
The bill was introduced on April 27, 2026, by Rep. David Schweikert and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. As an introduced bill, it has not yet been considered, amended, or voted on; further action by the committee or the full House would be required before it could advance.
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Timeline
27 Apr 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 8526 do?
- H.R. 8526 would amend the Public Health Service Act's quality standards for mammography facilities to explicitly allow machine-learning or artificial intelligence systems, in addition to physicians, to satisfy certain interpretation-related requirements. Specifically, it changes statutory language that currently refers only to a "physician" performing certain mammography-interpretation functions so that it also covers an AI or machine-learning system performing those functions. It also removes a requirement that a particular report be "signed by the interpreting physician," which would affect how mammography results are documented. The bill primarily affects mammography facilities, radiologists and other physicians who interpret mammograms, and developers or users of AI/machine-learning diagnostic systems, since it changes the legal standards those facilities must meet to be certified and to bill for services under federal law. Patients could be indirectly affected to the extent that AI systems become formally recognized as able to fulfill roles previously reserved for physicians in the mammography quality-assurance framework. The bill was introduced on April 27, 2026, by Rep. David Schweikert and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. As an introduced bill, it has not yet been considered, amended, or voted on; further action by the committee or the full House would be required before it could advance.
- Has H.R. 8526 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 8526. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 8526?
- H.R. 8526 was sponsored by Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), with 0 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 8526?
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (27 Apr 2026).
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