S4440-119

In Committee

Clinical Trial Modernization Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 29, 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, Clinical Trial Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Labor, Transportation.

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 H25308CB65C3F474493D6D3F4A0CC5107: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clinical Trial Modernization Act.
  • Section H289A63DDCE414214AA1A8ABC3F3A267E: 2. Definition For purposes of this Act, the term underrepresented population has the meaning given such term by the National Institutes of Health for purposes...
  • Section HF0FF1B53D71040A7956CAA4276F8200A: 3. Grants to encourage clinical trial enrollment by underrepresented populations The Secretary may issue grants to and enter into contracts with entities to...
  • Section H6352914187E54AD892F70B3FA60A7C1E: 4. Encouragement of clinical trial participation by underrepresented populations through payment of study participant clinical trial expenses and provision of...
  • Section H8A3853D656804804B6C644EC9BE1AB0A: 5. Encouragement of clinical trial accessibility through support of clinical trial cost-sharing The payment of patient cost-sharing obligations associated with...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Clinical Trial Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Labor, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Clinical Trial Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Labor Transportation

Whole bill

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

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 29, 2026

Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Warner) …

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 Labor Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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