Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5940 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5940

   To prohibit implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare
                                program.

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

   To prohibit implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare
                                program.

    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 ``Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical
Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025'' or the
``Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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