Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act has not moved since its introduction on Sep 8, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedSep 8, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 86 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 630 words
- Latest action
- Sep 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 119th H.R. 9877 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 D · Introduced
- 119th S. 721 Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]