House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals and critical access hospitals.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 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: 41 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9642.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9642, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act” on October 9, 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, October 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62846
- CBO publication date
- October 9, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 113, July 13, 2026, Page H4408):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; andSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 9, 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 — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Marie Perez (D-WA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Valadao (R-CA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.