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S. 249 119th Congress Senate

Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to facilitate patient access to certain pediatric technologies.

Introduced: January 24, 2025 Introduced by: Marsha Blackburn Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Health Child healthHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth technology, devices, suppliesManufacturing
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 24, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish, upon request, specific payment methodologies for qualifying pediatric technologies under the Medicare physician fee schedule. Qualifying pediatric technologies are medical devices that are (1) covered under Medicare, (2) approved by the Food and Drug Administration, (3) currently billed using a specified temporary billing code for emerging technologies, and (4) predominantly used or specifically designated for pediatric patients.

The CMS must develop a payment methodology for a qualifying pediatric technology upon request from the manufacturer and based on available data, including pricing information and claims data. Manufacturers must include relevant information in their requests to enable the CMS to develop the corresponding methodologies.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1931 Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 10

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

  • THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
    for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
    for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • KANNER & ASSOCIATES, LLC
    for NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jan 24, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 249: Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-249/
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"S. 249: Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-249/.
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S. 249, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-249/.
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