Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act
Latest action · Mar 18, 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 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act
This bill specifically includes pharmacy services and home infusion drugs that are administered without a pump as part of covered home infusion therapy under Medicare. The bill also allows nurses and physician assistants to establish and review the plan of care for home infusion therapy, and it specifies that payment may be made regardless of whether a practitioner is physically present in the home at the time the drug is administered.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Feb 10, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | May 19, 2026 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Sep 21, 2026 |
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 18, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 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. 50, March 18, 2025, page H1171.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-51 | LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICARE SERVICES323 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jan 8, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1058 | Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act | Related bill | Mar 13, 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 clarify congressional intent and preserve patient access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 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.
