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HR 2484 Cleared committee

Allows physicians to dispense Medicare Part D outpatient prescription drugs from their own practices, creating an exception to the physician self-referral ban for 2026 through 2030.

Official title: Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 31-MAR-2025
Referred 31-MAR-2025
Approved by committee 29-APR-2025
Key points
  • Creates an exception to the physician self-referral prohibition for covered Part D drugs furnished from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030.
  • Requires an ongoing patient relationship and at least one in-person visit within the prior year, and limits billing to the physician, their group practice, or a wholly owned entity.
  • Directs the Comptroller General to study pharmacies whose Part D dispensing grows significantly after enactment and physician-owned dispensing arrangements, with a report due within 3 years.
  • Reduces the Medicare Improvement Fund amount in Social Security Act section 1898(b)(1) from $1,804,000,000 to $1,786,000,000.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 31-MAR-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Health

Sponsor Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) Cosponsors · 26
■ 16 R■ 10 D