Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8261

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing
    responsibilities for chronic care management services under the
                           Medicare program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2026

Ms. DelBene (for herself and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 remove cost-sharing
    responsibilities for chronic care management services 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 ``Chronic Care Management Improvement
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING COST-SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHRONIC CARE
              MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNDER PART B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (GG), by striking ``and'' at
                the end; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (HH), by inserting before the
                semicolon at the end the following: ``and (II) with
                respect to chronic care management services (as
                described in subsection (b)(8) of section 1848)
                furnished on or after January 1, 2027, the amount paid
                shall be an amount equal to 100 percent of the lesser
                of the actual charge for such services or the amount
                determined under such section;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence--
                    (A) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the
                end; and
                    (B) in paragraph (13), by inserting before the
                period at the end the following: ``, and (14) such
                deductible shall not apply with respect to chronic care
                management services (as described in section
                1848(b)(8)) furnished on or after January 1, 2027''.
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