H.R. 5448 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Protecting Free Vaccines Act
Cosponsors: 83 (83 D, 0 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-09-18
Latest action (2025-09-18): 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.
What H.R. 5448 does, in plain terms
Protecting Free Vaccines Act This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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