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HR 5900 116th Congress House

Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment under the Medicaid program of certain providers across State lines, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 29, 2020 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingMedicaidState and local government operations
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 13, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 13, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act

This bill requires state Medicaid programs to establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may enroll as participating providers without undergoing additional screening requirements. Among other things, a qualifying provider must (1) serve minors, or adults whose condition began as a minor; and (2) have previously been screened for Medicare participation or for participation in the Medicaid program of the state in which the provider is located.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Nov 17, 2020
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 29, 2020
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Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Jul 16, 2020
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Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2020
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Feb 13, 2020
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Feb 13, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5900: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5900/
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"H.R. 5900: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5900/.
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