Allow pharmacists to be paid by Medicare for providing essential health services and testing in underserved areas.
One policy goal, tracked across every bill that has carried it.
What’s happening with Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act?
The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act is S. 2426, which has been in the Senate Committee on Finance since July 23, 2025. The committee members must act next to hold a vote, but the bill has seen no recorded progress since that date. Most bills fail because committees choose not to act on them, and this effort faces that same hurdle.
Updated July 9, 2026 · Generated by AI. Always verify with official sources.
Where it stands
Now carried by Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (S. 2426 (119th)) →
Legislative Progress
How we got here
Every bill that has carried this goal, oldest first.
Died with Congress · Jan 3, 2025
Died when the 118th Congress ended without final passage. Bills must be reintroduced under a new number to be revived.
Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from S. 2477 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 2477 (118th) →
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Who’s behind it
John Thune (R-SD)Wrote and sponsored the current bill.