Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
- Last Action
- 2/25/2025
Actions
- 2025-02-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2025-02-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-25 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (3)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Subjects
- Blood and blood diseases
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Home and outpatient care
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Medicaid
- State and local government operations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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