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S. 721 119th Congress Senate

Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration project to improve outpatient clinical care for individuals with sickle cell disease.

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Cory A. Booker Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 25, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

This bill allows state Medicaid programs to establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with sickle-cell disease. (Under current law, state Medicaid programs may establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with specified chronic conditions.) States must ensure that such care includes dental and vision services.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue best practices for states on how to design and implement such health homes.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5178 Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 6, 2025
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 6, 2025
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Feb 25, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 721: Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-721/
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"S. 721: Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-721/.
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S. 721, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-721/.
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