# 119-hr-5142: Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025

119-hr-5142, Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5142
- Congress: 119
- Title: Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Stabilize Medicare home health payments** for 2026 and 2027 by requiring CMS to offset proposed rate cuts and to base those years' 30-day national, standardized payment rates on the 2025 level. The bill would limit certain automatic offsets so the required positive adjustment fully counters the combined proposed reductions. - Seniors and home health patients: Helps preserve access to home health services by preventing the payment reductions proposed for 2026 and 2027. - Home health agencies and providers: Requires a positive adjustment that would fully offset a combined ~9.1% reduction proposed for 2026, roughly 4.1% permanent plus 5.0% temporary, boosting near-term payments compared with the proposed rule. - CMS operations and rulemaking: Directs CMS to set 2026 and 2027 rates using the 2025 baseline, allows implementation by program instruction or other agency action, and includes a clause that does not signal congressional approval or disapproval of the agency's prior methodology.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Steadier Medicare home health rates for 2026–2027: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare would boost home health payment rates in 2026 and 2027. The bill would require CMS to reverse two planned cuts of 4.059% and 5.0% to the standard 30-day rate. Rates for 2026 and 2027 would be based on the 2025 rate and could not include those specific reductions. CMS would not…

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- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-hr-5142 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5142)

## Related
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- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5142 (as of 2026-04-21).