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Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Family-to-Family Health Information Centers program. This program provides grants to public or private entities staffed by families and other experts who educate and assist the families of children and youth with special health care needs and the health professionals who serve them.
People & committees
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] · D–NJ
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-18 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025 would extend funding for family-to-family health information centers, adding funding for part of 2025 and each fiscal year from 2026 through 2029.
This Act may be cited as the Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025.
Five-year extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers
(ix) $6,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025; and (x) $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
The bill would amend section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act to add $6 million for April 1 through September 30, 2025.
Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A)) is amended—
(3) by adding at the end the following: (ix) $6,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025;
The bill would also add $9 million for each fiscal year—an annual government accounting period—from 2026 through 2029. Fiscal year 2029 is the last funding year specified in this addition.
(x) $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
The supplied action snapshot, updated April 21, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 18, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-04-21T16:27:20Z. 2025-02-18: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-18: Introduced in House
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