1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017 . 2. Medicare coverage for FDA-approved qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests (a) In general Section 1861(pp) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(pp) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: (D) Qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based test. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The term qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based test means, with respect to a year, a screening blood-based test for the early detection of colorectal cancer furnished in the year that was marketed or used, as applicable, in accordance with the relevant provisions of section 353 of the Public Health Service Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act more than 6 months before the beginning of the year. . (b) Frequency limits for colorectal cancer screening tests and payment amount for qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-Based tests Section 1834(d) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(d) ) is amended— (1) by amending clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(B) to read as follows: (ii) if the test is performed within— (I) the 11 months after a previous screening fecal-occult blood test or a previous qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based test; (II) the 35 months after a previous screening flexible sigmoidoscopy or a previous screening colonoscopy with adenoma findings; (III) the 59 months after a previous screening colonoscopy with small polyp findings; or (IV) the 119 months after a previous screening colonoscopy without adenoma findings or small polyp findings. ; (2) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii), by inserting or within the 35 months after a previous screening fecal-occult blood test or previous qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based test after sigmoidoscopy