119th Congress Health
S. 721: Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with sickle-cell disease. (Under current law, state Medicaid programs may establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with specified chronic conditions.) States must ensure that such care includes dental and vision services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue best practices for states on how to design and implement such health homes.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Tim Scott R-SCOriginal
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Christopher Coons D-DE
Who scored on this bill
- 1Cory Booker SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Cory Booker.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.