Congress extends support for families navigating special-needs health care
S. 3714 — Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2026 · Filed by Maggie Hassan (D-NH) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 28, 2026 · 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—through fiscal year 2030. It provides a pro-rata continuation of 2025 funding through September 2026, then $6 million annually for fiscal years 2027–2030.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to extend appropriations authority for an existing federal program supporting families with children with special health care needs. It is a routine reauthorization with no policy changes to the program itself.
Who it affects
Families of children with special health care needs gain continued access to nonprofit support services that help them navigate complex health systems and access care. The extension ensures program continuity without disruption.
Named in the bill
Social Security Act, family-to-family health information centers, Public Law 119–37, Senate Committee on Finance
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jan 28, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jan 28, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
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.
Maggie Hassan, the sponsor, reported $608,285 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 (849 characters) on Sep 27, 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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