Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Latest action · Sep 8, 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.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with sickle-cell disease. (Under current law, state Medicaid programs may establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with specified chronic conditions.) States must ensure that such care includes dental and vision services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue best practices for states on how to design and implement such health homes.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 2, 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 Sep 8, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 8, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4423 | Shomari Figures D-AL | Sep 18, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 721 | Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act | Related bill | Feb 25, 2025 |
| HR 9877 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 | Related bill | Sep 29, 2026 |
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 enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
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