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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

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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
Key points
  • 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
AI-generated from the Introduced in House text of 15-SEP-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

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
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Health

Sponsor Blake D. Moore (R-UT) Cosponsors · 65
■ 33 R■ 32 D