S. 1406 119th Congress Senate

SOAR Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the payment method for oxygen and oxygen related equipment, supplies, and services, to increa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the payment method for oxygen and oxygen related equipment, supplies, and services, to increase beneficiary access to oxygen and oxygen related equipment, supplies, and services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: Bill Cassidy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

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Apr 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act of 2025 or the SOAR Act of 2025

This bill establishes certain requirements with respect to the payment and provision of supplemental oxygen and related services under Medicare.

For example, the bill provides for separate payments, indexed to inflation, of oxygen and related equipment, supplies, and services under Medicare (rather than under the competitive acquisition program). It also specifically covers services that are provided by respiratory therapists under Medicare and provides for an additional payment adjustment for these services.

Additionally, the bill (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop an electronic template for providers to use when prescribing oxygen and related equipment, supplies, and services; and (2) establishes certain rights for beneficiaries receiving these items and services, such as the right to choose their suppliers and to receive clear communications and be informed about the services provided.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

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Lobbying activity 51

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

LESTER HEALTH LAW PLLC
for COUNCIL FOR QUALITY RESPIRATORY CARE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WHITMER & WORRALL, LLC
for ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC. · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
for CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
for ACCENDRA HEALTH, INC. (FORMERLY "OWENS & MINOR, INC.") · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BROWN & FORTUNATO, P.C.
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE (AAHOMECARE) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NVG, LLC
for ACCENDRA HEALTH INC. · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
50 filings
SENATE
50 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
26 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
23 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
12 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
7 filings
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
4 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
3 filings

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Cosponsors 8