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Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-25
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Sponsor

Cory A. Booker
Cory A. Booker
Democrat · NJ · Senator
Votes with party: 83.0% (869 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2025-02-25

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Plain-English Summary

Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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