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H.R. 4796

U.S. HouseIn House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4796, the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 29, 2025 by Rep. Laura Friedman (D) with 155 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jul 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.


Record

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H.R. 4796 has 155 co-sponsors.

hb4796/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4796 IH: Restoring Essential Healthcare Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-07-29
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I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4796 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2025 Ms. Friedman (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mr. Pappas , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Lieu , Ms. Matsui , Mrs. McIver , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Sherman , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Casten , Mr. Liccardo , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Deluzio , Mrs. Fletcher , Ms. Balint , Mrs. Ramirez , Mr. Carson , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Simon , Ms. Chu , Mrs. Trahan , Ms. Crockett , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Correa , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Dexter , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Landsman , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. McClellan , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Titus , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Auchincloss , Ms. Tokuda , Ms. Norton , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Salinas , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Huffman , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Budzinski , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Ms. Pingree , Ms. Kamlager-Dove , Mr. Min , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Jackson of Illinois , Mr. Gottheimer , Ms. Morrison , Mr. Goldman of New York , Mr. Bell , Mr. Menendez , Ms. Underwood , Mr. Peters , Ms. Jacobs , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Craig , Mrs. Sykes , Mr. Pocan , Mrs. McBath , Mr. Case , Ms. Strickland , Ms. Pelosi , Mrs. Foushee , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania , Mr. Kennedy of New York , Ms. Randall , Mr. Ivey , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Thanedar , Ms. Ross , Ms. Elfreth , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Morelle , Ms. Meng , Mr. Olszewski , Mr. Sorensen , Ms. Waters , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Schneider , Ms. DeGette , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Meeks , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Mannion , Mr. Torres of New York , Mr. Stanton , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Mr. Levin , Mr. Takano , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Houlahan , Mr. Amo , Mr. Cleaver , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. McBride , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mrs. Torres of California , Ms. Pettersen , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Frost , Ms. Goodlander , Mr. Soto , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Pou , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Stansbury , Ms. Hoyle of Oregon , and Ms. Lofgren ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL
To amend Public Law 119–21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act .
2.
Repealing prohibition on Medicaid payments to certain entities
Section 71113 of Public Law 119–21 is repealed, and, in the case of any items or services furnished as medical assistance under a State plan (or a waiver of such plan) under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ) by a prohibited entity (as defined in subsection (b)(1) of such section 71113) during the period beginning on the date of enactment of Public Law 119–21 and ending on the date of enactment of this section, payment for such items and services shall be made as if such section 71113 had not been enacted into law.

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  1. Introduced2025-07-29
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.

Sponsors

Rep. Laura Friedman (D) sponsors H.R. 4796, and 155 members have co-sponsored it, 133 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4796 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Jul 29, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4796 has taken 2 actions since Jul 29, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 29, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 4796 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4796, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 4796 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Restoring Essential Healthcare Act — Display Title
  • Restoring Essential Healthcare Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 9 firms and 46 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4796 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Defense, Government Issues, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSDistrict of Columbia14
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENDistrict of Columbia14
POWER TO DECIDEDistrict of Columbia14
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCDistrict of Columbia12
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSNew York11
GUTTMACHER INSTITUTEDistrict of Columbia11
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUNDsocial welfare organization to promote equal rights and opportunities for womenDistrict of Columbia11
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INCDistrict of Columbia11
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALLDistrict of Columbia11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 46.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.2026 first_quarter$176K1st Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS2026 first_quarter$95K1st Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS2025 fourth_quarter$90K4th Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS2026 second_quarter$85K2nd Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS2025 third_quarter$80K3rd Quarter - Report
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.2025 third_quarter$76.9K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUNDNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND2025 third_quarter$75K3rd Quarter - Report
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSCENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALLREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND, INC.2025 third_quarter$30.1K3rd Quarter - Report
POWER TO DECIDEPOWER TO DECIDE2026 second_quarter$21.7K2nd Quarter - Report
POWER TO DECIDEPOWER TO DECIDE2026 first_quarter$21.4K1st Quarter - Report
POWER TO DECIDEPOWER TO DECIDE2025 third_quarter$20.7K3rd Quarter - Report
POWER TO DECIDEPOWER TO DECIDE2025 fourth_quarter$11.7K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN2026 second_quarter$10K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN2026 first_quarter$10K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN2025 fourth_quarter$10K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN2025 third_quarter$10K3rd Quarter - Report
GUTTMACHER INSTITUTEGUTTMACHER INSTITUTE2025 third_quarter3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4796 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4796’s is Health.

hr4796/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4796, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. FRIEDMAN:H.R. 4796.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3664]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com