H.R. 5159 · 118th Congress

Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Introduced on Aug 4, 2023 by Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7). 57 cosponsors, 22 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Aug 4, 2023
Cosponsors
57
22 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments to home health agencies under the Medicare program.

Subjects

  • Government information and archives
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Medicare

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Terri A. SewellD-AL-7Sponsor

Democrats · 35

Republicans · 22

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Aug 4, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Aug 4, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Aug 4, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  4. Aug 4, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  5. Aug 11, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  6. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ACCENTCARE, INC.10 reports
    $925K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ACCENTCARE, INC.AI match · 100%
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE8 reports
    $680K reported (all issues)
  3. AMEDISYS INC.5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  4. Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  5. Bayada Hearts for Homecare5 reports
    $127K reported (all issues)
  6. Cleveland Clinic Foundation5 reports
    Federal contractor: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. ENHABIT HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE5 reports
    $475K reported (all issues)
  8. LEADINGAGE (FKA AMER. ASSOC. OF HOMES AND SERVICES FOR THE AGING)5 reports
    $69.3K reported (all issues)
  9. Partnership for Quality Home Health5 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  10. Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  11. LHC GROUP, INC.3 reports
  12. Visiting Nurse Association Health Group3 reports
  13. PARTNERSHIP FOR QUALITY HOME HEALTHCARE2 reports
  14. CHRISTIANACARE1 report
  15. National Alliance for Care at Home (formerly Natl Assn for Home Care & Hospice)1 report
    $180K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.