Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025
This bill temporarily allows doctors to prescribe and dispense certain Medicare-covered medications directly to seniors in their offices from 2026 to 2030, under specific conditions. It requires prior in-person visits, limits dispensing to group practices, and mandates billing through the physician’s practice. The bill also directs the GAO to study whether physician-owned pharmacies are becoming common and how such arrangements might affect prescribing. It directly affects seniors receiving Medicare Part D drugs and physician practices participating in these arrangements. The exception expires in 2030, with no changes to Medicare Part D program rules.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 31, 2025
Last action Apr 29, 2025
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Total actions
4
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Committee
2
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Diana Harshbarger
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Bean
RRepublican
Co
Carol D. Miller
RRepublican
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Donald G. Davis
DDemocratic
Co
Gus M. Bilirakis
RRepublican
Co
Jared F. Golden
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer A. Kiggans
RRepublican
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