HR 8875
Cleared committee
Adds staff-assisted respite care and renal mental health services furnished at home to Medicare's self-care home dialysis support services, with added payments for each session starting January 1, 2028.
Official title: Improving Home Dialysis Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
19-MAY-2026
Referred
19-MAY-2026
Approved by committee
21-MAY-2026
- Adds staff-assisted home dialysis respite care to covered services, for up to 20 sessions per calendar year, during the 30-day period after a patient starts home dialysis or at any time if a physical limitation causes the temporary inability to dialyze
- Adds renal mental health services furnished at home, for up to 4 sessions during the 60-day period after a patient starts home dialysis
- Sets payment adjustments at the 2025 home and self-dialysis training add-on amount, reduced to 75 percent outside rural areas for respite care and to 50 percent (25 percent outside rural areas) for mental health services, with payments not budget neutral
- Takes effect for services furnished beginning January 1, 2028
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 19-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
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