Congress.gov119th Congress

S. 1816

Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

Introduced May 20, 2025Latest action May 20, 2025Health

Plain-English 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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Issue relevance

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Healthcare

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Ruben Gallego

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Chris Van Hollen

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Rick Sen Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Maria Cantwell

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Cynthia M. Lummis

Cosponsor · Republican · WY

Richard Blumenthal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Susan M. Collins

Cosponsor · Republican · ME

Elissa Slotkin

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Tammy Baldwin

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Timothy Michael Kaine

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Raphael Warnock

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Richard J. Durbin

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

John Neely Kennedy

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Jeffrey Alan Merkley

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Ashley Moody

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Dave Mccormick

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Thom R Sen Tillis

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Peter Welch

Cosponsor · Democratic · VT

Mark Robert Warner

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Ted Budd

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

KELLY, MARK

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Jim Banks

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Ben Ray Luján

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

John Karl Fetterman

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Kevin Cramer

Cosponsor · Republican · ND

Jerry Moran

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Tina Smith

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Roger W Marshall

Sponsor · Republican · KS

Andy Kim

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Michael F. Bennet

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Joshua David Sen Hawley

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Martin Heinrich

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Tim Sheehy

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

James Conley Justice II

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

John W. Hickenlooper

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Shelley Moore Capito

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

Alex Padilla

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

William M. Cassidy

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Bernie Moreno

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Gary C. Peters

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

James Lankford

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Patty Murray

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Elizabeth Warren

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

Mike Rounds

Cosponsor · Republican · SD

Jon Husted

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Eric Schmitt

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Mazie K. Hirono

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Catherine Cortez Masto

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Thomas H Tuberville

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Sen. John Boozman

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Pete Ricketts

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Bill Hagerty

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Cory A. Booker

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Christopher A. Coons

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

Debra S. Fischer

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Angus S. King Jr.

Cosponsor · Independent · ME

Marsha Blackburn

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

John Hoeven

Cosponsor · Republican · ND

Joni K Ernst

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Amy Klobuchar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Margaret Wood Hassan

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

L. Tammy Duckworth

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Jacky Rosen

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Adam B. Schiff

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

John Sen Cornyn

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Jeanne Shaheen

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

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Official Subjects

HealthCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesMedicareGovernment information and archivesHealth care coverage and accessInternet, web applications, social mediaComputers and information technologyAdministrative law and regulatory procedures

Action Timeline

May 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

May 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Sources & text

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