A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 198 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 447
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 198

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare &
   Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services
 relating to ``Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization
    for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services
                       Reduction (WISeR) Model''.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2026

Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs.
    Gillibrand, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey, Ms.
 Duckworth, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Kim, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Warner,
   Ms. Smith, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Durbin, and Mrs. Shaheen)
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

                             June 24, 2026

  Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and
                         placed on the calendar

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare &
   Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services
 relating to ``Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization
    for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services
                       Reduction (WISeR) Model''.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the
Department of Health and Human Services relating to ``Medicare Program;
Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the
Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model''
(published on July 1, 2025, and a letter of opinion from the Government
Accountability Office dated May 12, 2026, printed in the Congressional
Record on May 14, 2026, on pages S2299-S2302, concluding that such
Notice is a rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code), and
such rule shall have no force or effect.

                                                       Calendar No. 447

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                             S. J. RES. 198

_______________________________________________________________________

                            JOINT RESOLUTION

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare &
   Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services
 relating to ``Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization
    for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services
                       Reduction (WISeR) Model''.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 24, 2026

  Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and
                         placed on the calendar