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H.R. 1509: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Official title

Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025

Plain summary

Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025 This bill requires states to establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may temporarily treat children under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) without undergoing additional screening requirements. Specifically, states must establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may enroll for five years as participating providers to treat individuals under the age of 21 without undergoing additional screening requirements. A qualifying out-of-state provider (1) must not have been excluded or terminated from participating in a federal health care program or state Medicaid program; and (2) must have been successfully enrolled in Medicare or a state Medicaid program based on a determination that the provider posed a limited risk of fraud, waste, or abuse. The bill’s changes take effect three years after enactment.

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Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] · 104 cosponsors

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Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Mike Carey (R-OH), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Sam Graves (R-MO), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tim Moore (R-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Sarah McBride (D-DE), George Latimer (D-NY), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Laurel M. Lee (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and 44 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] reported raising $1.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1509.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1509 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills