Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish, upon request, specific payment methodologies for qualifying pediatric technologies under the Medicare physician fee schedule. Qualifying pediatric technologies are medical devices that are (1) covered under Medicare, (2) approved by the Food and Drug Administration, (3) currently billed using a specified temporary billing code for emerging technologies, and (4) predominantly used or specifically designated for pediatric patients.
The CMS must develop a payment methodology for a qualifying pediatric technology upon request from the manufacturer and based on available data, including pricing information and claims data. Manufacturers must include relevant information in their requests to enable the CMS to develop the corresponding methodologies.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2025 to Nov 20, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | May 15, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 15, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Nov 20, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 43, March 6, 2025, page H1040.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 249 | Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to facilitate patient access to certain pediatric technologies.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
