S. 2524
119th Congress
Senate
Restoring Essential Healthcare Act
Official title: A bill to amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.
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2 steps
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To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 29, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- President of the U.S.
- State, Dept of (DOS)
Cosponsors
30
D
Alsobrooks, Angela D.
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
D
Wyden, Ron
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Booker, Cory A.
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Fetterman, John
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Hickenlooper, John W.
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Luján, Ben Ray
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Murray, Patty
D
Padilla, Alex
D
Reed, Jack
I
Sanders, Bernard
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Slotkin, Elissa
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warren, Elizabeth
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Welch, Peter
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2524: Restoring Essential Healthcare Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2524/
"S. 2524: Restoring Essential Healthcare Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2524/.
S. 2524, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2524/.
[S. 2524: Restoring Essential Healthcare Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2524/)