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119th Congress

H.R. 3514

Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Mike Kelly(R-PA)
Introduced
May 20, 2025
Policy area
Health
Committees
House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
Official text
Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (306)

Original cosponsors (73)
Added later (233)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

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.

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No recorded votes on this bill.

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