To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute and for other related purposes.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 24
- Latest action
- Jan 16, 2026
What it does
This bill would amend the Social Security Act to create a statutory definition of an "essential health system" and require the creation of an annual index to track these hospitals.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Lori Trahan
- Angie Craig
- Ann Wagner
- Brittany Pettersen
- Clarence Owens
- Darren Soto
- David Valadao
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Gabe Evans
- Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez
- Gus Bilirakis
- James McGovern
- Jennifer Kiggans
- Jonathan Jackson
- Juan Ciscomani
- Madeleine Dean
- Marc Veasey
- Nicholas Langworthy
- Ritchie Torres
- Robert Bresnahan
- Terri Sewell
- Timothy Kennedy
- Troy Balderson
- Troy Carter
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Where it goes next
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