# 119-hr-8875: Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026

119-hr-8875, Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8875
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expands Medicare coverage for home dialysis support services.** This bill would add two Medicare-covered home-based services to help patients start and maintain dialysis at home: temporary staff-assisted respite care and renal mental health services, both defined by federal standards and limited by session caps.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More Medicare help for home dialysis: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would add two Medicare-covered home dialysis support services starting January 1, 2028. One service would be staff-assisted home dialysis respite care for patients temporarily unable to self-dialyze. It would apply during the 30-day start period or later for physical limitatio…

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- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8875 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8875)

## Related
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- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8875 (as of 2026-09-21).