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H.R. 3961: COVER Now Act

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H.R. 3961: COVER Now Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-17 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

COVER Now Act

Plain summary

Cover Outstanding Vulnerable Expansion-eligible Residents Now Act or the COVER Now Act This bill establishes a demonstration program to allow local governments to provide health benefits to the Medicaid expansion population in states that have not expanded Medicaid. Under the program, local governments may provide coverage for individuals who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e., the Medicaid expansion population) for a maximum of 10 years, or until their respective states expand Medicaid. The bill provides a 100% federal matching rate for the first three years of program participation. The bill prohibits states from taking certain actions against participating localities, such as withholding funding, increasing taxes, or restricting provider participation. States that violate these requirements are subject to certain funding penalties.

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Official text

COVER Now Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · 47 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] reported raising $471,289 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3961 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117