H.R. 5178: Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-08 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

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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.

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Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · 37 cosponsors

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Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Al Green (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Seth Moulton (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] reported raising $831,031 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5178.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5178 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-04 by psicol fed-bills