Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Latest action · Nov 7, 2025 Referred 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.
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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Nov 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Nov 9, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Nov 9, 2026 |
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 Nov 7, 2025 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 7, 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. 187, November 7, 2025, page H4585.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48732 | ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 | Report | Oct 20, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3480 | Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025 | Related bill | Dec 15, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
- Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 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.
