# 119-hr-9844: CHARTS Act

119-hr-9844, CHARTS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9844
- Congress: 119
- Title: CHARTS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-05

## Summary

**Modernize health IT in long-term and post-acute care to improve care coordination for seniors.** This bill would create a grant program to help skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and home health agencies adopt electronic tools that share data and support safer transitions between providers. - Seniors and patients: Would fund technology meant to improve care coordination, reduce duplicative services, and support transitions of care. The final report would evaluate whether the technology reduced patient falls and rehospitalizations. - Long-term care providers: Would make 3-year grants available, capped at $500,000 per provider, to develop and adopt electronic health technologies and interoperability tools. - Medicare and Medicaid populations and oversight: Grants would get priority for providers likely to help Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and HHS would produce a preliminary report within 3 years and a final evaluation within 6 years on outcomes, costs, and whether expanding the program could lower federal spending. *This bill would authorize $5 million for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028, totaling $10 million in new authorized spending.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Health IT grants for long-term care: benefit, low. This bill would let HHS award grants to long-term care and post-acute providers to develop and adopt health information technology. It would authorize $5 million for FY2027 and $5 million for FY2028. Grants must be awarded within two years of enactment, last up to three years, and no single provide…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9844 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9844)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9844 (as of 2026-08-05).