S. 1941 · 119th Congress

Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025

Introduced on Jun 4, 2025 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jun 4, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 4, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 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

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Jun 4, 2025). Public domain.

Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025

This bill establishes programs and requirements to provide free medications to treat hepatitis C in certain high-risk or vulnerable populations. It also establishes grants and other resources to support testing and treatment for hepatitis C. The bill provides funding for FY2025 to implement these provisions.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must enter into a five-year purchasing contract with manufacturers of drugs that treat hepatitis C so that eligible individuals may receive the drugs without cost-sharing. Eligible individuals are those diagnosed with hepatitis C who are (1) enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), (2) confined to federal, state, or local correctional facilities (or were released and began treatment there), (3) uninsured, or (4) receiving health care through the Indian Health Service.

Eligibility is limited to those with specified legal immigration statuses. State Medicaid and CHIP programs and state and local correctional facilities may opt into the program; participation is mandatory for federal correctional facilities and the Indian Health Service.

HHS must award grants to certain entities, including states, public health organizations, and correctional facilities, to support the coordination and provision of screening, treatment, and supportive services for the affected populations.

The bill also allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive hepatitis C drugs without cost-sharing from 2027-2031.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Bill CassidyR-LASponsor

Democrats · 1

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 4, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 4, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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. AMERICAN ASSN FOR THE STUDY OF LIVER DISEASES5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS4 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  3. Association of American Medical Colleges4 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  4. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA4 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$17.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  6. American Public Health Association2 reports
    $45.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  7. DH DIAGNOSTICS LLC2 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)
  8. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition2 reports
    $51K reported (all issues)
  9. Assn. of State and Territorial Health Officials1 report
    $46.5K reported (all issues)
  10. Big Cities Health Coalition1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  11. NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  12. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners1 report
    $24K reported (all issues)
  13. Public Citizen1 report
    $99.6K reported (all issues)

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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.