H.R. 8500
119th Congress
House
Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program.
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2026
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.
Apr 27, 2026
Introduced in House
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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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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
16
- FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
- THE ALS ASSOCIATION
- SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSN
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Education, Dept of
- Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8500: Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8500/
"H.R. 8500: Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8500/.
H.R. 8500, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8500/.
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