119th Congress
H.R. 7830
WELLS Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Robin L. Kelly(D-IL)
- Introduced
- Mar 5, 2026
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (31)
Original cosponsors (15)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Cleo Fields (D-LA)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
- C001127
Added later (16)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Mar 19, 2026
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Apr 14, 2026
- Christian D. Menefee (D-TX) · Apr 16, 2026
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) · Apr 16, 2026
- Mike Quigley (D-IL) · Apr 16, 2026
- Nikema Williams (D-GA) · Apr 16, 2026
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Apr 16, 2026
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD) · Apr 20, 2026
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · Apr 20, 2026
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH) · Apr 20, 2026
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · Apr 21, 2026
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · Apr 28, 2026
- Ro Khanna (D-CA) · Apr 29, 2026
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) · Apr 29, 2026
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ) · Apr 30, 2026
- Lucy McBath (D-GA) · May 12, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to develop discharge plans for pregnant individuals as a condition of participation under Medicare, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Mar 5, 2026): 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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 5, 2026 · House
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. - Mar 5, 2026
Introduced in House