HR 5343
Cleared committee
Establishes a four-year transitional Medicare coverage period for FDA-designated breakthrough devices and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to decide designation and coverage requests within set deadlines.
Official title: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
15-SEP-2025
Referred
15-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
17-SEP-2025
- Creates a four-year transitional coverage period for breakthrough devices, starting on the date the Secretary designates the device
- Requires the Secretary to decide designation applications within 6 months and explain in writing why any device is denied
- Requires a final Medicare coverage decision before the transition period ends when a timely request is submitted
- Authorizes review of providers with unusual billing for breakthrough devices and appropriates $10,000,000 per fiscal year from 2025 through 2030
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Ways and Means Committee (House)
Health
■ 33 R■ 32 D
33 Republicans
- Aaron Bean
- Cliff Bentz
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Mike Carey
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- Juan Ciscomani
- Neal P. Dunn
- Michelle Fischbach
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Kevin Hern
- John Joyce
- Thomas H. Kean
- Mike Kelly
- Mike Kennedy
- Jennifer A. Kiggans
- Young Kim
- David Kustoff
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Michael Lawler
- Nicole Malliotakis
- Celeste Maloy
- Richard McCormick
- Daniel Meuser
- Carol D. Miller
- Gregory F. Murphy
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32 Democrats
- Jake Auchincloss
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Ami Bera
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Steve Cohen
- J. Luis Correa
- Angie Craig
- Jason Crow
- Sharice Davids
- Madeleine Dean
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Maggie Goodlander
- Josh Gottheimer
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Sam T. Liccardo
- Ted Lieu
- Zoe Lofgren
- Frank J. Mrvan
- Kevin Mullin
- Jimmy Panetta
- Chris Pappas
- Scott H. Peters
- Brittany Pettersen
- Deborah K. Ross
- Mary Gay Scanlon