House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Health Claim Denial Transparency Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to require group health plans include certain information on claim denials in annual reports, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9754.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):Article I, Section 8, clause 18, provides Congress with the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution'' the powers enumerated in Article I and ``all other Powers vested by [the] Conititution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 320 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9754, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9754
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 28, 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 28, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath.
- H.R. 3115 (119th) Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
- H.R. 7599 (119th) Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026
- H.R. 8055 (119th) Extending WIC for New Moms Act
- H.R. 2790 (119th) GOSAFE Act
- H.R. 5476 (119th) Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act
- H.R. 7333 (119th) Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026
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.