House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments to home health agencies under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Hern R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 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. 5142.
- 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. 145, September 4, 2025, Page H3862):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5142, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5142
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 March 4, 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
21 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 21 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), August Pfluger (R-TX), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
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 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.