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Did Kathy Castor lead bills to expand cancer treatment for sick kids?

Matches stated record claim. Her ACE Kids option became law in 2019. She cosponsored the kids' cancer bill enacted in a 2026 spending act, voting for that act first and against its final version.

Kathy Castor

Children's cancer and rare disease treatments

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What they say

Her campaign says she led bipartisan bills to improve health care for the sickest kids, including by expanding access to treatments for cancer and rare diseases.

“led bipartisan bills to improve healthcare for our nation's sickest kids, including by expanding access to life-saving treatments for cancer and other rare diseases”

What the record shows ·

She sponsored the ACE Kids Act in 2019, with two Republicans and a Democrat as original cosponsors. Its new Medicaid option for coordinated care of children with medically complex conditions became law almost word for word in April 2019, as section 3 of Public Law 116-16. She was also one of ten original cosponsors, with the sponsor Rep. McCaul, of the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act on children's cancer drugs. It passed the House by voice vote in December 2025 and became law in February 2026 as Division J, Title VI, Subtitle A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026.

Limit: 313 members cosponsored the Give Kids a Chance Act. She voted Yea on the spending act in January 2026 and Nay on its final version on February 3, 217-214.

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  1. Castor for Congress, about Kathyhttps://castorforcongress.com/about/

    Castor for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01. Her biography and the record she claims: the infrastructure law, children's health bills, veterans and a military pay raise.

    candidate statement

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  2. H.R. 1226, ACE Kids Act of 2019 (116th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1226

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-10-01. Sponsor Rep. Castor, introduced 2019-02-14. Original cosponsors Bilirakis (R-FL), Eshoo (D-CA) and Herrera Beutler (R-WA); 31 cosponsors in all. Its section 2 adds a new section 1945A to the Social Security Act.

    official legislative record

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  3. Public Law 116-16, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-116publ16

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted 2019-04-18 from H.R. 1839, which passed the House by voice vote. Section 3 adds section 1945A to the Social Security Act. Compared word by word on 2026-10-01 with H.R. 1226's section 1945A: the two match except for one hyphen.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 1262, Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1262

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-10-01. Sponsor Rep. McCaul; Castor is one of ten original cosponsors, dated 2025-02-12, of 313 in all. Passed the House by voice vote on 2025-12-01; the bill itself stopped in the Senate.

    official legislative record

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  5. Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ75

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted 2026-02-03. Title VI, Subtitle A is the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act. Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-10-01.

    official legislative record

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  6. House roll call 45, 119th Congress, 2nd session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, 2026-01-22. Passed 341-88. Castor voted Yea.

    official legislative record

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  7. House roll call 53, 119th Congress, 2nd session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On agreeing to the Senate amendments to H.R. 7148, the vote that sent it to the President, 2026-02-03. Passed 217-214. Castor voted Nay.

    official legislative record

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