U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9682: Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2026
Status: In committee, July 14, 2026
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.
What the bill says
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.
From the introduced text, July 14, 2026:
A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Correctional facility The term correctional facility has the meaning given that term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10251 ). (2) Hepatitis C treatment The term hepatitis C treatment means a direct acting antiviral drug approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355 ) for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection. (3) Indian health program The term Indian health program has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 ). (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (5) State The term State means-- (A) each of the several States of the United States; (B) the District of Columbia; (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (D) Guam; (E) American Samoa; (F) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (G) the Federated States of Micronesia; (H) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; (I) …
Sponsors
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R, HD-001) · primary sponsor
- Diana DeGette (D, HD-001)
- Henry Johnson (D, HD-004)
- Don Bacon (R, HD-NE-2)
- Josh Gottheimer (D, HD-005)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D, HD-005)
- Jake Auchincloss (D, HD-004)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB9682?
- HB9682 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2026.
- What does HB9682 do?
- In its own words: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.
- What is the status of HB9682?
- In committee as of July 14, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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. (July 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9682?
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R, HD-001), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB9682?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9682
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