HR8716-119

In Committee

Blood Pressure MATTERS Act

119th Congress Introduced May 7, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Blood Pressure MATTERS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Environment, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H6510ED8A618D44FDBB18BCCFC8A75510: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Blood Pressure Mandated Accessible Telemetry Tracking for Eclampsia Risk Safeguards Act or the Blood Pressure...
  • Section HBDC35DC5B674477590BAC3652B52E1A1: 2. Requiring coverage of self-measured blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum individuals Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
  • Section H2C67BFFFD7EC41318923590A9D620D5B: 2799A–12. Coverage of self-measured blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum individuals Subject to the limitation under subsection (b), a group...
  • Section H68945AABA00245ECBEC0B5175FA49DE7: 727. Coverage of self-measured blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum individuals Subject to the limitation under subsection (b), a group health...
  • Section HBE8B4E54F4D540FEA026A68E100EF273: 9827. Coverage of self-measured blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum individuals Subject to the limitation under subsection (b), a group...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Blood Pressure MATTERS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Blood Pressure MATTERS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Environment Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: , ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 7, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

May 7, 2026

Introduced in House

May 7, 2026

Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Wilson …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"specified blood pressure management device" §HBDC35DC5B674477590BAC3652B52E1A1

a device that— can be used by an individual to measure their own blood pressure without the assistance of a health care provider

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