HR 5498 119th Congress House Commerce Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Small business

Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2025

Introduced: September 18, 2025 Introduced by: Van Duyne, Beth Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 20, 2026

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

May 20, 2026

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.

Sep 18, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in House

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What's happening now May 20, 2026

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11.

Hearings & markups 1

Various Measures
Markup May 20, 2026 · 2:00 PM EDT · Small Business Committee

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Small Business Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

EHEALTH, INC.
for EHEALTH, INC. · California · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
for OSCAR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · New York · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
EHEALTH, INC.
for EHEALTH, INC. · California · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
OSCAR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
for OSCAR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · New York · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
for OSCAR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · New York · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
for OSCAR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · New York · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

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Cosponsors 3

Bresnahan, Robert P.

Pennsylvania · Oct 3, 2025

Hern, Kevin

Oklahoma · Sep 18, 2025

Tenney, Claudia

New York · Sep 18, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5498: Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5498/

MLA

"H.R. 5498: Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5498/.

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H.R. 5498, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5498/.

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