Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2025 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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2025 to Sep 16, 2026; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 16, 2026 |
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 Jul 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 123, July 17, 2025, page H3477.
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.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced 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.
