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H.R. 913: CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

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H.R. 913: CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-30 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

Plain summary

Covering Life-saving Investigations Needed in Cancer and Other Life-threatening Conditions through Timely use of Resources for Easy and Affordable Treatment from Medicaid for Enrollees in Need Today Act or the CLINICAL TREATMENT Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover routine patient costs for items and services that are provided in connection with a qualifying clinical trial regarding cancer or other life-threatening conditions. The bill defines "routine patient costs" to include items and services that would otherwise be covered under Medicaid absent the patient's participation in the clinical trial; the term includes items and services relating to trial complications, but excludes those items and services that are the subject of the trial or that are provided solely in relation to data analysis. Additionally, a "qualifying clinical trial" means, among other things, a clinical trial that is approved or funded by specified entities (e.g., the National Institutes of Health) or is an authorized new drug trial.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

CLINICAL TREATMENT Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] · 61 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), William R. Keating (D-MA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Levin (D-CA) and 1 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] reported raising $6.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr913 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116