Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7148.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Page H317):
  Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility for coverage of home health services under the Medicare Program on the basis of a need for occupational therapy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  288 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7148, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7148

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  399a17a6cb1254c9d5997b2b33d6371519d3c602283925b54b714e795d7b8f69

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7148, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.