Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 15, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
This bill establishes several requirements and standards relating to prior authorization processes under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
Specifically, MA plans must (1) establish an electronic prior authorization program that meets specified standards; (2) annually submit to the CMS for publication specified prior authorization information, including the percentage of requests approved and the average response time; and (3) meet other standards, as set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), relating to the quality and timeliness of prior authorization determinations.
The CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology must publish on the CMS' website a report that analyzes the information received from MA plans, the feasibility of implementing real-time decision making with respect to prior authorization requests, and the impact of decisions that are made using artificial intelligence on patient access.
Cosponsors 311
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026; 73 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | May 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 | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 20, 2025Markup Jul 15, 2026 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 20, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2026Reported Jun 25, 2026 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 15, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
- Jun 25, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- May 20, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 20, 2025Introduced in House
- May 20, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 85, May 20, 2025, pages H2199, H3974.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1816 | Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 | Identical bill | May 20, 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 establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 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.
