H.R. 8875
119th Congress
House
Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include certain additional services as self-care home dialysis support services under the Medicare program.
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Digestive and metabolic diseasesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnel
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Health technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careMedicareMental health
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 13.
May 21, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 19, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 19, 2026
Introduced in House
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 13.
Plain-English summary
Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of staff-assisted home dialysis respite care and renal mental health services that are furnished at the home of a beneficiary with end-stage renal disease.
Bill text
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
16
- AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
- AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND
- DAVITA INC.
- MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
- NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
- HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, P.C.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
- Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8875: Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8875/
"H.R. 8875: Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8875/.
H.R. 8875, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8875/.
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