Senate bill · S. 1816 (119th Congress)
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Roger Marshall (U.S. Senator for Kansas, Republican)
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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.
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Committee
Senate Committee on Finance · U.S. Senate
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Cosponsors
70
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- Republican31
- Other1
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- Adam B. Schiff
- Alex Padilla
- Amy Klobuchar
- Andy Kim
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Ashley Moody
- Ben Ray Luján
- Bernie Moreno
- Bill Cassidy
- Bill Hagerty
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Chris Van Hollen
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- Christopher A. Coons
- Cindy Hyde-Smith
- Cory A. Booker
- Cynthia M. Lummis
- David McCormick
- Deb Fischer
- Elissa Slotkin
- Elizabeth Warren
- Eric Schmitt
- Gary C. Peters
- Jacky Rosen
- James C. Justice
- James Lankford
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- Jerry Moran
- Jim Banks
- John Boozman
- John Cornyn
- John Fetterman
- John Hoeven
- John Kennedy
- John W. Hickenlooper
- Jon Husted
- Joni Ernst
- Josh Hawley
- Kevin Cramer
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Maria Cantwell
- Mark Kelly
- Mark R. Warner
- Marsha Blackburn
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Michael F. Bennet
- Mike Rounds
- Patty Murray
- Pete Ricketts
- Peter Welch
- Raphael G. Warnock
- Richard Blumenthal
- Richard J. Durbin
- Rick Scott
- Ruben Gallego
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Susan M. Collins
- Tammy Baldwin
- Tammy Duckworth
- Ted Budd
- Thom Tillis
- Tim Kaine
- Tim Sheehy
- Tina Smith
- Tommy Tuberville
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Full history
- May 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- May 20, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- May 20, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- May 20, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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