House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
STAR Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust long-term care hospital payment rates under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Hern R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
- Committee actionJul 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9468.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9468, Saving Today’s Acute-Care Resources Act” on September 30, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 15, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62813
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9468, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9468
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- 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. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9468, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9468
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 30, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Carey (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA).
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. 3512 (119th) Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.