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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Essential Caregivers Act of 2025

S. 3492Introduced Dec 16, 2025Policy area: Health

Official title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted.

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-CT
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Where it went

Latest action: Dec 16, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

27 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 13 Democrats

14 of 27 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.

Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), John Boozman (R-AR), Katie Britt (R-AL), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Kennedy (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), John Reed (D-RI), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

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Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress

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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.