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S. 721In committee
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Introduced: Feb 25, 2025
Latest action date: Feb 25, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Congress
- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 25, 2025
- Recorded roll calls
- 0
Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
Plain-language overview
What this bill does
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with sickle-cell disease. (Under current law, state Medicaid programs may establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with specified chronic conditions.) States must ensure that such care includes dental and vision services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue best practices for states on how to design and implement such health homes.
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Health
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Blood and blood diseasesGovernment information and archivesHealth care coverage and accessHearing, speech, and vision careHome and outpatient careInternet, web applications, social mediaMedicaidState and local government operations
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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