House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
HELP Copays Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 17, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 830.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 24, February 6, 2023, Page H710):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 298 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 830, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
142 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 104 Democrats
104 of 142 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and 112 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.