House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement that States establish a Medicaid Estate Recovery Program and to limit the circumstances in which a State may place a lien on a Medicaid beneficiary's property.
Sponsor: Rep. Janice Schakowsky D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6951.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 3, January 6, 2026, Page H12):Section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6951, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6951
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 8540 (119th) HCBS Access ActRelated bill
- S. 5321 (119th) HCBS Access ActRelated 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.