House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restoring Essential Healthcare Act
Official title: To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.
Sponsor: Rep. Laura Friedman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4796.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRIEDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3664):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4796, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4796
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 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
155 cosponsors — 155 Democrats
0 of 155 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and 125 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 2524 (119th) Restoring Essential Healthcare ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.