House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Local Health Care Protection Act of 2026
Official title: To establish an eligibility exception for the drug discount program due to cuts to the Medicaid program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 20, 2026
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Aug 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10134.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 134, August 20, 2026, Page H5249):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10134, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 August 24, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.