Loading bill breakdown…
S. 494119th CongressHealth
National Plan for Epilepsy Act
Sponsored by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) · 27 active : 8 Republicans, 19 Democrats
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate5 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedAug 4, 2026
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govNational Plan for Epilepsy Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a national plan, form an advisory council, and take other actions to address epilepsy. The requirements sunset on December 31, 2035.
Specifically, the bill requires HHS to carry out a National Plan for Epilepsy to prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure epilepsy. In carrying out the plan, HHS must implement activities such as coordinating research and services across all federal agencies and soliciting public comments.
Read full summaryHide full summary
Also, HHS must establish an Advisory Council on Epilepsy Research, Care, and Services. The advisory council must report to HHS and Congress every two years with an evaluation of federally funded efforts.
Additionally, HHS must annually report to Congress with recommended actions based on its assessments of the nation’s progress on epilepsy.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medical research
- Neurological disorders
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 5Swing 70–100
- 52Middle 30–70
- 43Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
- 1
Lisa MurkowskiRepublican · Alaska · Lean R+6Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
27 activeShow all 27 cosponsors
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Tammy Duckworth
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
