HELP Copays Act
Latest action · Mar 19, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jan 28, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Mar 10, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Apr 13, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Jon Husted | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | May 12, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Sep 22, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2025Hearings Mar 19, 2026 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-447 | CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN THE SANDWICH GENERATION177 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | May 13, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6423 | HELP Copays Act | Identical bill | Dec 4, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HELP Copays Act
- Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
