House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide training and competency evaluation programs under the Medicare and Medicaid program.
Sponsor: Rep. Ron Estes R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2026 — 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. 7096.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H920):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7096, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7096
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Josh Harder (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Adrian Smith (R-NE), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Estes.
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- H.R. 1990 (119th) American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025
- H.R. 1378 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the temporary increase in limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to…
- H.R. 2423 (119th) Unfair Tax Prevention Act
- H.R. 8101 (119th) Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act (EBITDA)
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.