What it does
SourcedSickle 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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 8, 2025).
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What has happened
Sourced- Sep 8, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House floor actions
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
Cosponsors
- Alma S. Adams D-NC-12
- Pete Aguilar D-CA-33
- Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL-12
- Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
- Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
- André Carson D-IN-7
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA-1
- Troy A. Carter D-LA-2
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D-NJ-3
- Danny K. Davis D-IL-7
- Donald G. Davis D-NC-1
- Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
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- Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
- Cleo Fields D-LA-6
- Shomari Figures D-AL-2
- Valerie P. Foushee D-NC-4
- Laura Friedman D-CA-30
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
- Al Green D-TX-9
- Glenn Ivey D-MD-4
- Jonathan L. Jackson D-IL-1
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA-7
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA-4
- Julie Johnson D-TX-32
- Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
- LaMonica McIver D-NJ-10
- Gwen Moore D-WI-4
- Seth Moulton D-MA-6
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
- Stacey E. Plaskett D-VI-At Large
- Terri A. Sewell D-AL-7
- Darren Soto D-FL-9
- Shri Thanedar D-MI-13
- Bennie G. Thompson D-MS-2
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
- Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
- Joe Wilson R-SC-2