House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 2019
- Committee actionNov 20, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4996.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4996, The Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2020” on September 29, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As submitted to CBO on September 28, 2020 (version 092820.034.xm)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56648
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4996, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4996, The Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2020” on September 29, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As submitted to CBO on September 28, 2020 (version 092820.034.xm)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56648
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4996, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4a042fabbe3713bae3d65ac974ed0b3ee9977573b6eee7c68bc33905b5e0323
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-527 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 21, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/527
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4996, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4a042fabbe3713bae3d65ac974ed0b3ee9977573b6eee7c68bc33905b5e0323
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Page H8740):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4996, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4a042fabbe3713bae3d65ac974ed0b3ee9977573b6eee7c68bc33905b5e0323
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
36 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 26 Democrats
10 of 36 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Susan Davis (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), A. McEachin (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 6 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.