119 HR 5940 IH: Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-11-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 119th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 5940 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2025 Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Bera, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Norton, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Randall, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Thompson of California, and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To prohibit implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare program.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025 or the Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025.

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Prohibiting implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare program

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not implement the innovative payment and service delivery model described in the notice titled Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model (90 Fed. Reg. 28749 (July 1, 2025)), or any substantially similar model.