S 8969 — Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering
Congress · introduced 2026-01-21
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering.
Latest action: 2026-04-22 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Jamaal Bailey (—, NY-36) — sponsor · 2026-01-21
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO INSURANCE
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8969A
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8969B
Text versions
- Introduced · 2026-01-21 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2026-03-16 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-04-22 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (1)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | Jamaal Bailey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaal Bailey (—, state_upper NY-36) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-21 · sponsored by Jamaal Bailey (sponsor) · sponsorship