Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026 has not moved since its introduction on Jul 15, 2026, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedJul 15, 2026
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 87 words.
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026 This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model under which blood transfusions furnished to an individual receiving hospice care are paid separately from the hospice all-inclusive per diem payment under Medicare. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, such as hospital utilization and days of hospice care before the end of life.
Context
- Committees
- House Ways and Means Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 215 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 363 words
- Latest action
- Jul 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 1936 Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2025 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]