H.R. 1509 · 119th Congress

Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 21, 2025 by Lori Trahan (D-MA-3). 104 cosponsors, 35 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 21, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 21, 2025
Cosponsors
104
35 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  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 titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to streamline the enrollment process for eligible out-of-state providers under Medicaid and CHIP.

Subjects

  • Child health
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Medicaid
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 21, 2025). Public domain.

Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025

This bill requires states to establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may temporarily treat children under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) without undergoing additional screening requirements.

Specifically, states must establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may enroll for five years as participating providers to treat individuals under the age of 21 without undergoing additional screening requirements.

A qualifying out-of-state provider (1) must not have been excluded or terminated from participating in a federal health care program or state Medicaid program; and (2) must have been successfully enrolled in Medicare or a state Medicaid program based on a determination that the provider posed a limited risk of fraud, waste, or abuse.

The bill’s changes take effect three years after enactment.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Lori TrahanD-MA-3Sponsor

Democrats · 69

Republicans · 35

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 21, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

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. EVERYLIFE FOUNDATION FOR RARE DISEASES10 reports
    $220K reported (all issues)
  2. ORCHARD THERAPEUTICS NORTH AMERICA10 reports
    $910K reported (all issues)
  3. ALLIANCE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE9 reports
    $790K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  5. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia7 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$177.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. American Heart Association6 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Boston Children's Hospital6 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  8. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON6 reports
    $770K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  9. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute6 reports
    $379.7K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$933K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS (N.A.C.H.)6 reports
    $9.3M reported (all issues)
  11. National Alliance on Mental Illness6 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  12. ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS5 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)
  13. ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  14. American Academy of Pediatrics5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$442.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. Children's Hospital Colorado5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO$152.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. Cleveland Clinic Foundation5 reports
    Federal contractor: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM$27.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY5 reports
    $354.5K reported (all issues)
  19. THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  20. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.4 reports
    $9.1M reported (all issues)
  21. Astria Therapeutics, Inc.4 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  22. BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  23. Blood Cancer United (FKA The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)4 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  24. CURE SMA4 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  25. Children's Hospital and Health System, Inc.4 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)
  26. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation4 reports
    $760K reported (all issues)
  27. SOLENO THERAPEUTICS, INC.4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  28. TERUMO BCT, INC.4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TERUMO BCT INC$790.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  29. TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL4 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  30. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society4 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  31. Blood Cancer United (formerly reported asThe Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  32. Epilepsy Foundation3 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)
  33. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS3 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  34. Sickle Cell Disease Association of America3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  35. ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC.3 reports
  36. SPARK THERAPEUTICS, INC.2 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)
  37. Tourette Association of America2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  38. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY2 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVAI match · 100%
  39. IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.1 report
  40. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY1 report
    $390K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$30.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.