H.R. 5178 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Cosponsors: 36 (33 D, 3 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-09-08
Latest action (2025-09-08): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What H.R. 5178 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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