Congress extends support for families navigating special health care needs
H.R. 1435 — Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025 · Filed by Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) · 8 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends federal funding for family-to-family health information centers—nonprofit organizations that help families of children with special health care needs navigate the health system—by appropriating $6 million for the second half of fiscal 2025 and $9 million annually for fiscal years 2026–2029. The centers provide peer support, training, and information to families at no cost.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward reauthorization of existing federal support for nonprofit family support centers serving a vulnerable population. It contains no deregulation, tax carve-outs, or private-sector giveaways—only a direct appropriation to continue a public-health program.
Who it affects
Families of children with special health care needs gain continued access to peer-led support and health navigation services at no cost. The five-year funding extension provides program stability and predictability, reducing uncertainty for vulnerable families who depend on these centers.
Who stands to gain
- family-to-family health information centers (nonprofit organizations)
Named in the bill
Social Security Act, family-to-family health information centers, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Where it stands
8 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Feb 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 18, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $24,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 97 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Mikie Sherrill, the sponsor, reported $-3,200 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners — $24,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 22, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (563 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 22, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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