S. 4510 · 118th Congress

Kidney PATIENT Act of 2024

Introduced on Jun 11, 2024 by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). 10 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 11, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 11, 2024
Cosponsors
10
6 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

A bill to amend the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to delay implementation of the inclusion of oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective payment system.

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.

Marsha BlackburnR-TNSponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 11, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 11, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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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. ARDELYX, INC.17 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  2. DAVITA INC.6 reports
    $3.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DAVITA INC.$179.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  3. Fresenius Medical Care North America6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  4. Kidney Care Partners6 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  5. AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC.3 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)
  6. American Kidney Fund3 reports
    $565K reported (all issues)
  7. Nonprofit Kidney Care Alliance3 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  8. CorMedix Inc.2 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  9. Dialysis Clinic, Inc.2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DIALYSIS CLINIC, INC.$17.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 95%
  10. NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION2 reports
    $185K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION, INCAI match · 100%
  11. National Minority Quality Forum Action Network2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  12. The Rogosin Institute2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE ROGOSIN INSTITUTE INC$297.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. Dialysis Patient Citizens1 report
    $500K reported (all issues)
  14. Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma AG1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  15. Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma AG (fka Vifor Intl AG (CSL Vifor)1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  16. Vifor International AG (CSL Vifor)1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.