House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a new criterion for the nonapplication of site-neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Hern R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1924.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1924, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1924
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 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 September 15, 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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Mike Carey (R-OH), James Comer (R-KY), Donald Davis (D-NC), John Joyce (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
- H.R. 1069 (119th) PROTECT Our Kids Act
- H.Res. 42 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 43 (119th) Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States.
- H.Res. 600 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 5267 (119th) American Franchise Act
- H.R. 9468 (119th) STAR Act
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.