House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted.
Sponsor: Rep. Claudia Tenney R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2025
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Latest action: Dec 16, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 6766.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 212, December 16, 2025, Page H5943):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6766, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6766
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
160 cosponsors — 76 Republicans, 84 Democrats
84 of 160 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA) and 130 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney.
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- H.R. 1103 (119th) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2025
- H.R. 2232 (119th) Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 2231 (119th) Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3492 (119th) Essential Caregivers Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.