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H.R.6727 - To Amend Title XIX of The Social Security Act (Passed)
H.R.6724 - The Protecting Supplemental Security Income (Passed)
H.R.6703 - The Lower Health Care Premiums (Passed)
H.R.6690 - Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Advancement Act (Passed)
S.3448 - The Keeping All Students Safe Act (Passed)
S.3385- The Lower Health Care Costs Act (Passed)
S. 3389- The Lowering Healthcare Costs for Americans Act (Passed)
S. 3386- The Health Care Freedom for Patients Act (Passed)
S.3295 - A Bill To Amend The Internal Revenue Code Of 1986 (Passed)
S.3078 - Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act (Passed)
S.3010 - A Bill To Amend The Individuals With Disabilities (Passed)
S.1277 - IDEA Full Funding Act (Passed)
H.Res.920 - Celebrating The 50th Anniversary (Passed)
H.Res.831 - Expressing Support For The Designation (Passed)
H.Res.821 - Expressing Support For The Recognition (Passed)
H.R. 6575 - The Common Ground for Affordable Health Care Act (Passed)
H.R. 6501 - The Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act (Passed)
H.R. 6453 - The ADA 30 Days to Comply Act (Passed)
H.R.6364 - To Amend Titles XI, XIX, And XXI Of The Social Security (Passed)
H.R.5871 - We Want Our Healthcare Money Back Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.5860- SNAP Funded Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.5822 - Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.5893 - GUARD Act (Passed)
H.R.5922 - Improving Accessibility Through Microtransit Act (Passed)
H.R.6027 - To Amend Title 38, United States Code (Passed)
H.Res.875 - Recognizing The 75th Anniversary Of The Arc (Passed)
H.R.5228 - HCBS Worker Protection Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.4029 - To Provide For An Emergency Increase In Federal (Passed)
H.R.5815 - District of Columbia Medicaid Fairness Act (Passed)
H.R.5771 - Reliable Social Security Service for Seniors Act (Passed)
H.R.5769 - 21st Century Dyslexia Act (Passed)
S.2913 - A Bill To Prohibit The Use Of Appropriated Funds (Passed)
H.R.5609 - To Direct The National Institutes Of Health (Passed)
Senate and House Appropriations Labor, HHS, Ed Committee Bill (Passed)
S.2898 - A Bill To Reauthorize The Traumatic Brain (Passed)
S.2819 - A Bill To Amend The Head Start Act To Improve (Passed)
H.R.5364 - STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act (Passed)
S.2898 - A Bill To Reauthorize The Traumatic Brain Injury (Passed)
S.2763 - Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act (Passed)
S.139 - FASD Respect Act (Passed)
S. 2857 and H.R.5448 - To Require Coverage Of Certain (Passed)
H.R.5435 - Stop CMV Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.5404 - Make America Healthy Again Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.2483 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities (Passed)
S.2763 - Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act (Passed)
S.139 - FASD Respect Act (Passed)
H.R.2483 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities (Passed)
S.1234 - SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (Passed)
H.R.1436 - ENABLE Act (Passed)
H.R.5142 - Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.5096 - Disability and Age in Jury Service (Passed)
S.2587 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (Passed)
H.R.4968 - Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (Passed)
H.R.4960 - BENES 2.0 Act (Passed)
H.R. 5039-The Wheelchair Right to Repair Act (Passed)
H.R. 5052- The Train More Nurses Act (Passed)
S.2279 - Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act (Passed)
S.2237 - Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (Passed)
H.R.4419- The Autonomous Vehicle Accessibility Act (Passed)
H.R.4086 - Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.4116 - Disability Access to Transportation Act (Passed)
H.R.1570 - Empowering Families in Special Education Act (Passed)
H.R.3571 - Veterans Administration Backlog (Passed)
H.R.3939 - RISE Act (Passed)
S.1277 - IDEA Full Funding Act (Passed)
H.R.913 - Streamlining Aviation for Eligible Veterans Act (Passed)
H.R.811 - Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2025 (Passed)
S.1614 - AVIATE Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.3409 - HEADs UP Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.1598 - Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act (Passed)
H.R.210 - Dental Care for Veterans Act (Passed)
S.1714 - Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act (Passed)
S.986 - Safe Schools Improvement Act (Passed)
S.152 - Student Empowerment Act (Passed)
H.R.369 - States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.3075 - Locality-Based Social Security Benefits Act (Passed)
H.R.2733 - Pell Grant Flexibility Act (Passed)
H.R.2138 - Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (Passed)
H.R.1147 - Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act (Passed)
H.R.555 - Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information (Passed)
S.1415 - Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (Passed)
S.375 - Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act (Passed)
H.R.1598 - Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act (Passed)
H.R.1175 - Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.206 - Landlord Accountability Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.869 - Keep Our PACT Act (Passed)
H.R.1757 - EMPSA Act (Passed)
H.R.1793 - Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act (Passed)
S.375 - Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act (Passed)
H.R.1570 - Empowering Families in Special Education Act (Passed)
H.R.1621 - Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act (Passed)
H.R.1824 - Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act (Passed)
H.R.2102 - Major Richard Star Act (Passed)
H.R.2178 - Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act (Passed)
H.R.2251 - Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act (Passed)
H.R.2333 - Protecting Students with Disabilities Act (Passed)
H.R.2598 - IDEA Full Funding Act (Passed)
S.466 - Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act (Passed)
S.745 - Empowering Families in Special Education Act (Passed)
Policy Updates (04/18/25)
H.R.303 - Retired Pay Restoration Act (Passed)
H.R.680 - Caring for Survivors Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.965 - Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (Passed)
S.73 - EMPSA
S.466 - Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act (Passed)
S.1665 - Higher Education Mental Health Act (Passed)
H.R.963 - Protecting Social Security Act (Passed)
H.R.333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act (Passed)
S.343 - Keep Our PACT Act (Passed)
S.205 - Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act (Passed)
H.R.930 - Stop the Wait Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.439 - Veterans Foreign Medical Coverage (Passed)
H.R.224 - Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act (Passed)
H.R.244 - Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R. 555- Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information (Passed)
H.R.68 - Housing Fairness Act of 2025 (Passed)
H.R.1634 - ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act (Passed)
H.R.467 - Foreign Medical Program Modernization Act of 2025 (Passed)
S.2544 - Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act (Passed)
S.1665 - Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2023 (Passed)
S.1070 - Safe Equitable Campus Resources and Education Act (Passed)
H.R.7777 - Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (Passed)
S.5628 - State Department Disability Policy (Passed)
S.3748 - Accessible Voting Act of 2024 (Passed)
S.2196 - Work Without Worry Act (Passed)
S.533 - Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment (Passed)
H.R.4049 - Access and Dignity for All People Who Travel Act (Passed)
H.R.883 - Stop the Wait Act of 2023 (Passed)
SB-639 Tracking the Transition Out of 14(c) Subminimum Wage (Update)
S.1071 - RISE Act (Passed)
H.R.4706 - Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.2692 - Addressing SILO Act of 2023 (Passed)
S.1148 - Guardianship Bill of Rights Act (Passed)
S.2360 - TEAM Act (Passed)
H.R.5705 - AACCENT Act (Passed)
S.2217 - IDEA Full Funding Act (Passed)
H.R.7985 - Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act (Passed)
H.R.4901 - Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act (Passed)
H.R.2941 - Recognizing the Role of Direct Support (Passed)
H.R.2401 - RISE Act (Passed)
H.R.1263 - Transformation to Competitive Integrated (Passed)
S.5378 - EASE with 211 Act (Passed)
S.4174 - Think Differently Database Act (Passed)
S.2163 - Student Mental Health Rights Act (Passed)
H.R.9436 - SPECTRUM Act (Passed)
H.R.7668 - ADA 30 Days to Comply Act (Passed)
H.R.3111 - Words Matter Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.10149 - Disability Voting Rights Act (Passed)
H.R.6052 - 21st Century Dyslexia Act (Passed)
H.R.3451 - Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.7267 - Disability Community Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.4282 - Equality for Families with Disabilities Act (Passed)
H.R.6362 - Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act (Passed)
S.1731 - Safe Interactions Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.5847 - International Children with Disabilities (Passed)
H.R.10107 - PROVIDE Act (Passed)
H.R.10149 - Disability Voting Rights Act (Passed)
Policy Updates (11/22/24)
H.R.3845 - Disability Access to Transportation Act (Passed)
H.R.7337 - Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance (Passed)
S.4553 - Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act (Passed)
H.R.303 - Retired Pay Restoration Act (Passed)
Policy Updates (11/15/24)
S.5191 - CREATE Graduates Act (Passed)
S.5171 - HOPE Act of 2024 (Passed)
Policy Updates (11/08/24)
S.5088 - Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act (Passed)
H.R.9436 - SPECTRUM Act (Passed)
H.R.9753 - Parent Plus Parity Act (Passed)
S.3698 - Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act (Passed)
S.4541 - Ensuring Nationwide Access to a Better Life (Passed)
S.5070 - Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act (Passed)
Policy Updates (10/25/24)
Mental Health
Policy Updates (10/11/24)
Mental Health
H.R.8108 - To Amend Title XIX Of The Social Security Act (Passed)
Policy Updates (10/04/24)
H.R.8645 - Improved Screening for Veterans and Passengers (Passed)
S.3316 - Immediate Access for the Terminally Ill Act (Passed)
H.R.3628 - Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act (Passed)
H.R.4461 - Modernizing Department of Veterans Affairs (Passed)
H.R.228 - Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information (Passed)
H.R.7668 - ADA 30 Days to Comply Act (Passed)
S.4614 - SMART in Schools Act (Passed)
S.4555 - Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act (Passed)
S.2718 - Medical Disability Exam Improvement Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.6428 - Social Security Disability Insurance Return (Passed)
S.4380 - Expanding Disability Access to Higher Education Act (Passed)
S.3827 - Strategic Plan for Aging Act (Passed)
S.3747 - Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected (Passed)
S.4762 - Autism CARES Act of 2024 (Passed)
H.R.4486 - Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With (Passed)
H.R.7351 - Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected (Passed)
H.R.2442 - Disability and Age in Jury Service (Passed)
H.R.2421 - Safe Equitable Campus Resources and Education Act (Passed)
S.1202 - Keep Our PACT Act (Passed)
H.R.4784 - Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2023 (Passed)
S.2475 - Workplace Choice and Flexibility for Individuals (Passed)
H.R.7985 - Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act (Passed)
H.R.3380 - Healthcare Extension and Accessibility (Passed)
H.R.2715 - Keep Our Promise to America’s Children (Passed)
S.1086 - Disability and Age in Jury Service (Passed)
S.4107 - Think Differently Transportation Act (Passed)
S.1730 - Data on Interactions and Accountability for Law (Passed)
H.R.1296 - Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults (Passed)
S.1750 - Keeping All Students Safe Act (Passed)
H.R.7989 - ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act (Passed)
H.R.670 - Think Differently Database Act (Passed)
S.2217 - IDEA Full Funding Act (Passed)
S.3726 - Words Matter Act of 2024 (Passed)
S.1884 - Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.1280 - Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act (Passed)
H.R.553 - Workplace Choice and Flexibility for Individuals (Passed)
H.R.7055 - EMPSA Act (Passed)
S.2904 - AACCENT Act (Passed)
H.R.5141 - Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act (Passed)
H.R.7213 - Autism CARES Act of 2024 (Passed)
H.R.4481 - Protection and Advocacy for Student Success Act (Passed)
S.1298 - Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family (Passed)
S.1148 - Guardianship Bill of Rights Act (Passed)
H.R.3550 - Safe Interactions Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.2965 - Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2023 (Pass
H.R.2941 - Recognizing the Role of Direct Support (Passed)
S.388 - Child Care for Every Community Act (Passed)
S.1332 - Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals (Passed)
H.R.4282 - Equality for Families with Disabilities Act (Passed)
S.1813 - Disability Access to Transportation Act (Passed)
S.1219 - Health Equity for People with Disabilities Act (Passed)
H.R.7503 - Health Equity for People with Disabilities Act (Passed)
H.R.3380 - HEADs UP Act of 2023 (Passed)
S.1072 - PREP for All Students Act (Passed)
H.R.7393 - To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Passed)
S.3528 - Supporting Disabled Entrepreneurs Act (Passed)
H.R.553 - Workplace Choice and Flexibility for Individuals (Passed)
S.1729 - HELP Act of 2023 (Passed)
H.R.6249 - Think Differently About Emergencies Act (Passed)
H.R.5859 - Transportation Assistance for Individuals with (Passed)
H.R.1263 - Transformation to Competitive Integrated (Passed)
S.3076 - Disability Employment Incentive Act (Passed)
S.847 - International Children with Disabilities Protection (Passed)
S.1333 - Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2023 (Passed)
SB-1281 Advancing Equity and Access in the Self-Determination (Passed)
AB-339 Qualified ABLE Program Age Limit (Passed)
SB-43 Eggman Behavioral Health (Passed)
AB-2510 Dental Care for People with DD (Passed)
AB-447 Public Postsecondary Education Students (Passed)
Work Without Worry Act (Passed)
SB-805 Health Care Coverage (Passed)
SB-43 Behavioral Health (Strongly Opposed)
FY24 Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related (Passed)
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Passed)
Autism CARES Act (Passed)
AB-2920 Postsecondary Education- Students with Disabilities (Passed)
AB-2645 Local Emergency Plans Integration of Access and Functional (Passed)
AB-2583 Peace Officers Training (Passed)
AB-1977 Health Care Coverage- Behavioral Diagnoses (Passed)
AB-1914 Community Colleges- Providers of Care for Individuals (Passed)
AB-1644 Medi-Cal Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition (Passed)
AB-1568 Developmental Services Independent Living Skills (Passed)
AB-1417 Community Colleges- Providers of Care for Individuals (Passed)
AB-1147 Disability Equity and Accountability Act of 2023 (Passed)
AB-920 Discrimination Housing Status (Passed)
AB-911 Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Benefit Task Force (Passed)
AB-808 Foster Youth (Passed)
AB-649 Developmental Services (Passed)
AB-624 Public Postsecondary Education Disabled Student (Passed)
AB-545 Elections Access for Voters with Disabilities (Passed)
AB-524 Discrimination Based on Family Caregiver Status (Passed)
AB-438 Pupils with Exceptional Needs Individualized Education Programs (Passed)
AB-248 Individuals with Disabilities The Dignity for All Act (Passed)
AB-188 Developmental Services Omnibus (Passed)
AB-153 Public Social Services (Passed)
AB-140 Early Childcare and Education (Passed)
AB-137 State Government (Passed)
AB-134 Public Safety Trailer Bill (Passed)
AB-116 Early Childcare and Education Childcare and Education (Passed)
AB-121 Developmental Services (Passed)