Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act
Latest action · Oct 25, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 25, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2024 to Nov 18, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Oct 25, 2024 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Oct 25, 2024 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Oct 25, 2024 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Oct 25, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Oct 25, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Oct 25, 2024 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 18, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 25, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2024Introduced in House
- Oct 25, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 159, October 25, 2024, page H5896.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage for certain individual with breast or cervical cancer under the Medicaid program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
