S. 864
119th Congress
Senate
HELP Copays Act
Official title: A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes.
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
244
- EMERGENT STRATEGIES
- THE KPM GROUP DC LLC
- THE KPM GROUP DC LLC
- EPILEPSY FOUNDATION
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
- EMD SERONO, INC.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- White House Office
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cosponsors
28
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Fetterman, John
D
Warnock, Raphael G.
D
Smith, Tina
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
R
Husted, Jon
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Bennet, Michael F.
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
D
Booker, Cory A.
R
Rounds, Mike
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Kelly, Mark
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Padilla, Alex
R
Boozman, John
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
R
Budd, Ted
R
Capito, Shelley Moore
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Murray, Patty
D
Kaine, Tim
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Merkley, Jeff
R
Murkowski, Lisa
R
Tillis, Thomas
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 864: HELP Copays Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-864/
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