Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
Official title: A bill 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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 for five years without undergoing additional screening requirements, unless the state has an agreement with other states that governs coverage of children with medically complex conditions that is in accordance with specified guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Among other requirements, a qualifying provider must (1) serve individuals under the age of 21; (2) have previously been screened for Medicare participation or for participation in the Medicaid program of the state in which the provider is located; and (3) have been determined by the CMS or state Medicaid program to pose a limited risk of fraud, waste, or abuse.
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- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES
- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES
- THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION - A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2372: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2372/
"S. 2372: Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2372/.
S. 2372, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2372/.
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