House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Better Care, Better Cost Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to take into account performance when assigning individuals to managed care entities under the Medicaid program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9336.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 103, June 18, 2026, Page H4126):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9336, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9336
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 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 July 22, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Craig Goldman.
- H.J.Res. 75 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy…
- H.R. 4758 (119th) Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
- H.R. 9335 (119th) Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act
- H.Res. 1481 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.
- H.R. 9147 (119th) Abraham Accords Expansion Act of 2026
- H.R. 9892 (119th) Stop EU Overreach Act
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.