H. R. 8716
Introduced in House · May 12, 2026May 7, 2026
Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mrs. Beatty, and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require coverage of self-measured blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum individuals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Blood Pressure Mandated Accessible Telemetry Tracking for Eclampsia Risk Safeguards Act” or the “Blood Pressure MATTERS Act”.