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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5178

Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

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Introduced 2025-09-08Topic: health care · social services

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-08HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2025-09-08Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-08Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-08. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.