Blood Pressure MATTERS Act

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Introduced 2026-05-07Topic: health care · public health · social services

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This bill would require Medicaid, CHIP pregnancy coverage, and private health insurance plans to cover a home blood pressure monitor for people who are pregnant or within 12 months after pregnancy. Patients would not have to pay any cost sharing, such as copays, for the device. Coverage could not depend on a diagnosis of high blood pressure, and plans would only have to cover one device every 2 years. The device must be usable without a health care provider, cleared by the FDA, and listed as validated by the American Medical Association. The rules would generally start 120 days after the bill becomes law.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-05-07	House	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.	refer
2026-05-07	House	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.	refer
2026-05-07	House	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.	refer
2026-05-07		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-05-07		Introduced in House	introduce

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