[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8726 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8726

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow States to 
             enforce Medicare Advantage plan requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2026

  Mr. Downing (for himself and Mr. Doggett) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow States to 
             enforce Medicare Advantage plan requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Authority and Restoring 
Tools Necessary for Enforcement by Regulatory States Act of 2026'' or 
the ``PARTNERS Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING STATES TO ENFORCE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1856(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
26(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The standards'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                standards''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(B) State enforcement.--Each State may require 
                that MA organizations that issue, sell, renew, or offer 
                MA plans in the State meet the requirements of this 
                part with respect to such MA plans.
                    ``(C) Coordination of enforcement.--The Secretary 
                shall coordinate enforcement of the standards 
                established under this part with the State in which an 
                MA organization is licensed and any State in which the 
                MA organization issues, sells, renews, or offers MA 
                plans. The Secretary may enter into a collaborative 
                enforcement agreement with any State to further 
                coordinate enforcement.''.
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