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Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

Senate

Allows state Medicaid programs to create health homes for coordinated sickle cell disease care, including dental and vision services, and directs federal best practices

Latest action: Tue Feb 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act

Senate

Allows Medicare payment rates for covered hospital outpatient services in Alaska and Hawaii to include certain cost of living adjustments

Latest action: Wed Feb 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

SOLES Act

Senate

Require Medicare to pay sole community hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii at least 94% of reasonable outpatient service costs

Latest action: Wed Feb 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

CRITICAL Act

Senate

Increases the Medicare payment rate by 4% for services provided by critical access hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii

Latest action: Wed Feb 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Transparency in Billing Act of 2026

House

Require group health plans and issuers to pay hospital claims only when hospitals maintain accurate billing policies and procedures under ERISA

Latest action: Mon Jul 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Senate

Require health plans to cover medically necessary treatment for congenital anomalies and related services, including later revisions to restored body parts

Latest action: Thu Mar 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

House

Require private health plans and public coverage programs to cover medically necessary treatment for congenital anomalies and birth defects affecting the jaw and face

Latest action: Thu May 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Joe Fiandra Access to Home Infusion Act of 2025

House

Expands Medicare coverage for certain home infusion drugs and external infusion pumps when treatment is professionally administered in a beneficiary's home

Latest action: Wed Dec 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

Senate

Allow Medicare payment for physical therapy services furnished under qualifying temporary arrangements without geographic or population limits

Latest action: Wed Jul 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

House

Allows Medicare payment for physical therapy services delivered through qualifying temporary therapist arrangements in any geographic area

Latest action: Mon Feb 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ARC Act of 2025

House

Expands Medicare and Medicaid coverage of peripheral artery disease screening without cost sharing for certain at-risk people and advances amputation reduction efforts

Latest action: Tue Jan 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare Program; Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; HH Quality Reporting Program Requirements; HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; Home Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Items and Services Rate Update; and Other Medicare Policies".

House

Nullifies a CMS rule setting 2025 Medicare home health payment rates and related home health reporting and value based purchasing requirements

Latest action: Wed Feb 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters Act

House

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 16.

Latest action: Thu May 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Patients Deserve Price Tags Act

Senate

Require healthcare providers and plans to disclose clear prices to patients before care so they can compare medical costs

Latest action: Mon Jul 27 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Patients Deserve Price Tags Act

House

Require healthcare price transparency by making patients receive clear price information for medical services

Latest action: Fri Sep 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act

Senate

Permanently allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services through telehealth at home

Latest action: Fri Jan 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026

House

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 13.

Latest action: Thu May 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

I CAN Act

Senate

Allows nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other nonphysician clinicians to perform certain Medicare and Medicaid documentation, supervision, and certification duties

Latest action: Thu Feb 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds multiple federal departments and agencies for the rest of FY2026, continues Homeland Security funding temporarily, and extends several expiring federal programs and authorities

Latest action: Tue Feb 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

House

Provides full-year FY2025 continuing appropriations for federal agencies and extends multiple expiring health and other federal programs and authorities through FY2025

Latest action: Sat Mar 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

House

Extends continuing appropriations for agriculture, the legislative branch, and military construction and veterans affairs, while continuing related extensions for fiscal year 2026

Latest action: Wed Nov 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

Senate

Establishes workplace violence prevention requirements for health care and social service workers

Latest action: Tue Apr 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

House

Require the Department of Labor to issue a workplace violence prevention standard for health care and social service employers, including Medicare participating facilities

Latest action: Tue Apr 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act

House

Permanently allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services by telehealth in the home

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act

House

Recognize the role of direct support professionals through a House bill focused on workforce acknowledgment

Latest action: Wed Nov 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Native ELDER Act

Senate

Establishes a tribal advisory committee and updates grants and federal reporting for services to older American Indians Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians

Latest action: Wed Mar 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act

House

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a three-year pilot grant program for nonprofit mental health providers serving veterans with culturally competent evidence-based care

Latest action: Thu May 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)