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Neutral Bill Mar 16, 2026

To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7853 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7853 To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2026 Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Pocan, and Ms. Balint) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Financial Services, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury should ensure compliance with the requirements described in this Act. SEC. 3. COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS. (a) Private Insurance.-- (1) In general.--Section 2713(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)) is amended-- (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a semicolon; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; (C) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; (D) by striking paragraph (5); (E) by adding at the end the following: ``(5) any prescription drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration used for the preven

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Becca Balint U.S. Representative Mark Pocan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mark Takano U.S. Representative Sponsor Nanette Barragán U.S. Representative Cosponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Madeleine Dean U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lizzie Fletcher U.S. Representative Cosponsor Chellie Pingree U.S. Representative Cosponsor Doris Matsui U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steve Cohen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Garcia U.S. Representative Cosponsor Chris Pappas U.S. Representative Cosponsor Angie Craig U.S. Representative Cosponsor Salud Carbajal U.S. Representative Cosponsor Josh Gottheimer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Yassamin Ansari U.S. Representative Cosponsor Julia Brownley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Danny Davis U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mark DeSaulnier U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lloyd Doggett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adriano Espaillat U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lois Frankel U.S. Representative Cosponsor Marie Gluesenkamp Perez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Pramila Jayapal U.S. Representative Cosponsor Timothy Kennedy U.S. Representative Cosponsor Stephen Lynch U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sarah McBride U.S. Representative Cosponsor Deborah Ross U.S. Representative Cosponsor Andrea Salinas U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lateefah Simon U.S. Representative Cosponsor Melanie Stansbury U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gabe Amo U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jake Auchincloss U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Garamendi U.S. Representative Cosponsor Julie Johnson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ro Khanna U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jerrold Nadler U.S. Representative Cosponsor Scott Peters U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ayanna Pressley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Patrick Ryan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Frederica Wilson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Dan Goldman U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Walkinshaw U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joyce Beatty U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ami Bera U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sanford Bishop U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brendan Boyle U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski U.S. Representative Cosponsor Troy Carter U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gregorio Casar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joaquin Castro U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jason Crow U.S. Representative Cosponsor Chris Deluzio U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maxine Dexter U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sarah Elfreth U.S. Representative Cosponsor Veronica Escobar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Laura Friedman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maxwell Frost U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jimmy Gomez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Josh Harder U.S. Representative Cosponsor Glenn Ivey U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sara Jacobs U.S. Representative Cosponsor Henry Johnson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sydney Kamlager-Dove U.S. Representative Cosponsor William Keating U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robin Kelly U.S. Representative Cosponsor Raja Krishnamoorthi U.S. Representative Cosponsor Rick Larsen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Teresa Leger Fernandez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Levin U.S. Representative Cosponsor April McClain Delaney U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jennifer McClellan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Menendez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joe Neguse U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jimmy Panetta U.S. Representative Cosponsor Delia Ramirez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Emily Randall U.S. Representative Cosponsor Josh Riley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Linda Sánchez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Bradley Schneider U.S. Representative Cosponsor Hillary Scholten U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brad Sherman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Shri Thanedar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Rashida Tlaib U.S. Representative Cosponsor Juan Vargas U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maxine Waters U.S. Representative Cosponsor Wesley Bell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sylvia Garcia U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jared Huffman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Donald Norcross U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jamie Raskin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Marilyn Strickland U.S. Representative Cosponsor Bennie Thompson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ritchie Torres U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lori Trahan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gilbert Cisneros U.S. Representative Cosponsor Emilia Sykes U.S. Representative Cosponsor Alma Adams U.S. Representative Cosponsor Donald Beyer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Valerie Foushee U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joseph Morelle U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jill Tokuda U.S. Representative Cosponsor Eugene Vindman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steny Hoyer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Susie Lee U.S. Representative Cosponsor Seth Magaziner U.S. Representative Cosponsor Morgan McGarvey U.S. Representative Cosponsor Grace Meng U.S. Representative Cosponsor Janice Schakowsky U.S. Representative Cosponsor Haley Stevens U.S. Representative Cosponsor Paul Tonko U.S. Representative Cosponsor Bonnie Watson Coleman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Diana DeGette U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lucy McBath U.S. Representative Cosponsor Dave Min U.S. Representative Cosponsor Emanuel Cleaver U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Himes U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Larson U.S. Representative Cosponsor George Latimer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nellie Pou U.S. Representative Cosponsor Luz Rivas U.S. Representative Cosponsor Eric Sorensen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Pablo José Hernández Rivera U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sam Liccardo U.S. Representative Cosponsor Suhas Subramanyam U.S. Representative Cosponsor Derek Tran U.S. Representative Cosponsor Pete Aguilar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joe Courtney U.S. Representative Cosponsor Bill Foster U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jonathan Jackson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Zoe Lofgren U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ilhan Omar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brittany Pettersen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Thomas Suozzi U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lauren Underwood U.S. Representative Cosponsor Laura Gillen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maggie Goodlander U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adelita Grijalva U.S. Representative Cosponsor Greg Landsman U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kelly Morrison U.S. Representative Cosponsor Robert Scott U.S. Representative Cosponsor Yvette Clarke U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Clyburn U.S. Representative Cosponsor Herbert Conaway U.S. Representative Cosponsor Al Green U.S. Representative Cosponsor Valerie Hoyle U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kristen McDonald Rivet U.S. Representative Cosponsor LaMonica McIver U.S. Representative Cosponsor Raul Ruiz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nikema Williams U.S. Representative Cosponsor Judy Chu U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jasmine Crockett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steven Horsford U.S. Representative Cosponsor Richard Neal U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Katherine Clark U.S. Representative Cosponsor Christian Menefee U.S. Representative Cosponsor Kim Schrier U.S. Representative Cosponsor Darren Soto U.S. Representative Cosponsor Shontel Brown U.S. Representative Cosponsor Betty McCollum U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adam Smith U.S. Representative Cosponsor George Whitesides U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Thompson U.S. Representative Cosponsor
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