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119th Congress Health

H.R. 5448: Protecting Free Vaccines Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Sep 18, 2025
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Sep 18, 2025

This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

83

Who scored on this bill

12 points earned
  1. 1Frank Pallone D-NJ SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History

  1. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in the House by Frank Pallone.
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  1. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 18, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.