# 119-s-760: Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2025

119-s-760, Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-760
- Congress: 119
- Title: Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Applies a Medicare payment rate floor to Medicaid primary care services.** The Kids' Access to Primary Care Act of 2025 would extend that floor to more clinician types and tighten how managed care pays for primary care, aiming to keep more providers in Medicaid networks. - Children and families: Medicaid primary care for eligible services would be paid at a floor equal to 100 percent of Medicare Part B rates, which is meant to support access to pediatric and family care. - Providers: The floor would cover more clinicians, including family medicine, general internal medicine, pediatrics, certain obstetricians who self-attest board certification, advanced practice clinicians practicing under state law, nurse-midwives, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and rural health clinics. - Managed care and States: Medicaid managed-care contracts would need to ensure payments meet HHS-set amounts, let States obtain documentation to verify compliance, and allow HHS to approve capitation or value-based arrangements with adequate documentation. - Data and oversight: HHS must study changes in Medicaid enrollment, the number of providers receiving primary care payments, and state payment rates before and after the change within about a year. *Authorizes $200,000 for fiscal year 2026 for the required HHS study, available until expended.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher Medicaid pay for primary care: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicaid would have to pay at least 100% of the Medicare Part B physician rate for defined primary care services. The floor would also use a higher historical Medicare conversion factor if that gives a larger rate. The rule would apply retroactively for 2013 and 2014 for certain family,…
- Study of Medicaid primary care rates: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would study and report within 13 months on enrollment, provider counts, and Medicaid primary care payment levels before and after the new payment floor. The report would compare 12-month pre- and post-periods using three indexes (a Medicaid fee index, a Medicaid‑to‑Medicare fee inde…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-760 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/760)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-760 (as of 2025-12-21).