House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act
Official title: To amend 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Smucker R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2013.
- 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. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1068):Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2013, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2013
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
29 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 29 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), John Joyce (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Young Kim (R-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Carol Miller (R-WV), Cory Mills (R-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Josh Riley (D-NY), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), W. Steube (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
- H.R. 5284 (119th) Claiming Age Clarity Act
- H.R. 2347 (119th) Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act
- H.R. 5348 (119th) Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 9721 (119th) Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 703 (119th) Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 6231 (119th) Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.