Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 27, 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 27, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of ultrasound tests performed at a beneficiary's home. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide for separate payments for portable ultrasound services in the same manner and to the same extent as for portable X-ray services.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2025 to Sep 14, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | May 9, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 9, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | May 15, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Jun 2, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Derek Schmidt | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 21, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | May 11, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | May 29, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Sep 14, 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 27, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 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. 56, March 27, 2025, page H1339.
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 1168 | Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 27, 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 provide coverage of portable ultrasound transportation and set up services under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 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.
