H.R. 7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

119th Congress · introduced 2026-03-05 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Financial Services, 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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PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

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PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr7853.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] · 189 cosponsors

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Mark Pocan (D-WI), Becca Balint (D-VT), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Angie Craig (D-MN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI) and 129 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr7853.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr7853 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills