Protecting Free Vaccines Act
The summary
What this bill does
Protecting Free Vaccines Act
This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Sep 18, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - NJ District 6 · D-NJ
71 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MA District 1 · D-MA
U.S. Representative - VA District 3 · D-VA
Member of Congress · D-OH
U.S. Representative - CA District 15 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - CA District 7 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - MA District 4 · D-MA
U.S. Representative - FL District 14 · D-FL
U.S. Representative - LA District 2 · D-LA
U.S. Representative - NY District 12 · D-NY
U.S. Representative - IL District 9 · D-IL
U.S. Representative - WA District 8 · D-WA
U.S. Representative - OH District 3 · D-OH
+ 59 more cosponsors
Roll-call vote
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 5448 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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. |
| Policy Area | Health |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | September 18, 2025 |
| Latest Action | September 18, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 72 · House vote — · — views |