H.R. 5448: Protecting Free Vaccines Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-18 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Protecting Free Vaccines Act

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Protecting Free Vaccines Act This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.

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Protecting Free Vaccines Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · 83 cosponsors

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Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), George Whitesides (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), John B. Larson (D-CT), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mike Levin (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), William R. Keating (D-MA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Emily Randall (D-WA), Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) and 23 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] reported raising $2.8 million (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-119hr5448.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5448 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills