H.R. 5094

Summary

H.R. 5094, the Protect Patients from Costly Care Act, was introduced in the House on Sep 2, 2025 by Rep. Christopher Pappas (D) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Sep 2, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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H.R. 5094 has 9 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5094 IH: Protect Patients from Costly Care Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-02
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5094  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 2, 2025   Mr. Pappas  (for himself,  Mr. Jackson of Illinois ,  Mr. Ruiz ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Fields ,  Mr. Larson of Connecticut ,  Ms. Goodlander ,  Mr. Thanedar , and  Ms. Craig ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on  Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To repeal changes to Medicaid cost sharing requirements and the exclusion for orphan drugs under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protect Patients from Costly Care Act  .
2.
Repeal of changes to Medicaid cost sharing requirements
(a)
Repeal
Section 71120 of the Act titled  An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14  ( Public Law 119–21 ) is repealed and title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ) shall be applied as if such section and the amendments made by such section had not been enacted.
(b)
Rescission
The amounts appropriated under section 71120(c) of the Act titled  An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14  ( Public Law 119–21 ) are hereby rescinded.
3.
Repeal of changes to exclusion for orphan drugs under the Drug Price Negotiation Program
Section 71203 of the Act titled  An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14  ( Public Law 119–21 ) is repealed and title XI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq. ) shall be applied as if such section and the amendments made by such section had not been enacted.

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To repeal changes to Medicaid cost sharing requirements and the exclusion for orphan drugs under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Sponsors

Rep. Christopher Pappas (D) sponsors H.R. 5094, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Christopher Pappas

Rep. · D–NH-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 2, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Andre Carson

Rep. · D–IN-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Angela Craig

Rep. · D–MN-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Cleo Fields

Rep. · D–LA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Maggie Goodlander

Rep. · D–NH-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Jonathan Jackson

Rep. · D–IL-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

John Larson

Rep. · D–CT-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Raul Ruiz

Rep. · D–CA-25 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

Shri Thanedar

Rep. · D–MI-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 5094 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Sep 2, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Sep 2, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5094 has taken 2 actions since Sep 2, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5094 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 5094.

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Titles

H.R. 5094 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protect Patients from Costly Care Act — Display Title
• Protect Patients from Costly Care Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To repeal changes to Medicaid cost sharing requirements and the exclusion for orphan drugs under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 27 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5094 in 7 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 Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Insurance, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Education.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 27.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5094 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5094’s is Health.

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