Insurance coverage mandates
Which specific medical services and treatments must health insurance plans cover without extra cost?
18 bills · 5 can still move · 5 became law
Bills in 3 states and Congress. Law in California and Colorado.
Healthcare
4,794 healthcare bills can still move. 1,152 bills may return next session. 2,595 became law in 2025 and 2026. Latest: California's AB 1876 was signed into law on Sep 30.
- Introduced
- 1,369
- In committee
- 12,356
- Past committee
- 1,936
- Became law
- 2,595
- Vetoed or failed
- 1,070
What they fight over
How should states and the federal government balance cost, access, and control in the healthcare system?
Grouped by AI from the 120 closest matches, by the policy questions they address. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. The counts and maps are from those bills. Grouping as of October 30, 2026.
Became lawPassed a committee or a voteFiled
Pharmacy benefit manager rules
Should laws restrict how pharmacy benefit managers set prices and choose participating pharmacies?
13 bills · 2 can still move · 2 became law
Bills in 6 states and Congress. Law in California and Colorado.
Medicare and Medicaid structure
How should the structure, eligibility, and funding of major public health programs be adjusted?
13 bills · 7 can still move · 2 became law
Bills in 5 states and Congress. Law in California and Kentucky.
- Relates to Medicaid accountable care organizationsPassed both chambers
- "Medicare ProgramOn calendar
Mental health access
What steps should be taken to improve access to and quality of mental health care?
13 bills · 9 can still move · 1 became law
Bills in 3 states and Congress. Law in California.
- Defines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authorityPassed both chambers
- Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025Passed first chamber
Patient privacy and rights
How should laws protect patient data, genetic information, and autonomy from external interference?
11 bills · 1 can still move · 7 became law
Bills in 4 states. Law in California and Colorado.
- Prohibits hospitals and health care providers from storing credit card information without consentPassed both chambers
- Consumer genetic testing providersPassed first chamber
Rural hospital survival
What financial supports are needed to keep small and rural hospitals open and solvent?
6 bills · 5 can still move · 1 became law
Bills in 1 state and Congress. Law in Indiana.
- Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities ActPassed first chamber
- Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025In committee
What can still change
See every billWhere the bills stand
Bills that can still pass come first, closest to law first. Coming back includes bills filed for next session and ended bills that must be reintroduced.
- Can still moveRelates to disability benefits for certain individuals employed by the Nassau county police departmentPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture servicesPassed both chambers
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026Passed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to payments by a pharmacy benefit manager to participating pharmaciesPassed both chambers
- Can still moveMental health: other; deadline for mental health professionals to release mental health records or information pertinent to child abuse or neglect investigation to the…Passed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to Medicaid accountable care organizationsPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their familiesPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to tax credits for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workersPassed both chambers
- Can still moveDefines mental health practitioners with diagnostic authorityPassed both chambers
- Can still moveMental health: recipient rights; informed consent requirements for mental health treatment; provide for. Amends sec. 416 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1416)Passed both chambers
- Can still moveProvides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccinesPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drugPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services directorPassed both chambers
- Can still moveProhibits hospitals and health care providers from storing credit card information without consentPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRelates to supervision by certain marriage and family therapists and mental health counselorsPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for diabetes and prediabetes screeningPassed both chambers
- Can still moveIncludes avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders as eating disorders for the purposes of mental healthPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptivesPassed both chambers
- Can still moveRequires residential health care facilities to maintain hospice agreements to ensure access to hospice services for eligible residentsPassed both chambers
- Can still moveProvides person/entity with authority to operate a hospital shall be subject to approval by public health and health planning council for establishment of hospitalPassed first chamber
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027"Medicare ProgramOn calendar
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025Passed first chamber
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities ActPassed first chamber
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025On calendar
- Must be reintroduced next sessionPharmacy: declared state of emergencyPassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionMedi-Cal: hospice providers: formsPassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionRelating to mental healthPassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionAdvance health care directive of a skilled nursing facility patientPassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionHealth CarePassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionCommunity Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursementPassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionRelating to health carePassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionRelating to health carePassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionGeorgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishmentPassed both chambers
- Must be reintroduced next sessionRelating to health insurancePassed both chambers
- Perinatal health screenings and treatmentBecame law
- Health care services: artificial intelligenceBecame law
- Health care coverage: nondiscriminationBecame law
- Nonquantitative treatment limitationsBecame law
- Health care coverage: hearing aidsBecame law
- California AI Transparency ActBecame law
- Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation Disclosure ActBecame law
- Prescription drugsBecame law
- Health care claims reimbursementBecame law
- Medical staff: health care provider credentialingBecame law
Latest moves
Laws signed, vetoes and votes come first, then the newest steps on these bills.
- Sep 30Signed into lawHealth care coverage: nondiscrimination
- Sep 30Signed into lawHealth care services: artificial intelligence
- Sep 16Cleared a committeeApples to Apples Comparison Act of 2025
- Sep 8Signed into lawAn act to amend title 18 of the delaware code relating to pharmacy benefits managers
- Sep 8Signed into lawAn act to amend title 18 of the delaware code relating to insurance coverage
What comes next
On the ballot
Measures on this issue that voters decide on November 3, 2026.
How voters decided
Earlier ballot measures on this issue, newest first.
- Prop 1Authorizes $6.38 billion in bonds to build mental health treatment facilities for those with mental health and substance use challenges; provides housing for the homeless
- Prop 34Restricts spending of prescription drug revenues by certain health care providers
- Prop 35Provides permanent funding for Medi-Cal health care services
- Initiative 2124Allow employees and self-employed individuals to opt out of paying the payroll tax and receiving benefits under WA Cares, the state's long-term services and supports trust health care program
Who is shaping it
Find a lobbyist on itAs of Oct 30. May be out of date.
Lawmakers
They sponsor the most of these bills.
- Scott Wiener39 bills
- Akilah Weber Pierson19 bills
- Jim Wood16 bills
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry15 bills
- Ed Charbonneau10 bills
Committees
Where most of these bills are sent, leaving out the money and rules committees every bill passes through.
- Health161 bills
- Judiciary32 bills
- Energy and Commerce Committee25 bills
Who lobbies on it
Federal lobbying reports since 2023 that describe this issue. A report says what a client lobbied on, not which side it took.
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America92 reports
- American Hospital Association71 reports
- Federation of American Hospitals64 reports
- Oracle Corporation61 reports
- Eli Lilly and Company58 reports
Federal agencies
Rules that name this issue in their title or summary, final ones first.
- Medical Billing for Healthcare Services Provided by Department of Defense Military Medical Treatment Facilities to Civilian Non-BeneficiariesFinal
- Further Extension of the Flexibility in Evaluating “Close Proximity of Time” To Evaluate Ongoing Changes in HealthcareFinal
- Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare SettingsFinal
- Extension of the Flexibility in Evaluating “Close Proximity of Time” To Evaluate Changes in Healthcare Following the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyFinal
In the news
Reporting on up to 20 of the bills shown here. This is a sample, and coverage may be incomplete.
Loading coverage…