HR2484119th CongressWALLET

Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Harshbarger

In Committee

Summary

Would allow physician practices to dispense Medicare Part D drugs to their patients under a limited Stark Law exemption. The exemption would run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030 and sets conditions for who may prescribe, dispense, and bill.

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  • Seniors and patients: Could get designated outpatient Part D drugs directly from a physician practice, in-person or by mail, if they had at least one face-to-face visit with the prescriber or a clinician in the same group in the prior year and maintain an ongoing relationship.
  • Physicians and group practices: Would be able to dispense and bill for covered Part D drugs when the drug is prescribed by the referring physician or another clinician in the same group and is dispensed from specified locations or under physician supervision.
  • Pharmacies and networks: Requires a GAO study due within three years to identify pharmacies or networks that increase Part D dispensing after enactment and to analyze ownership, integration with physician practices, contracting features, conflict-mitigation measures, and factors that may influence prescribing.

*Would reduce the Medicare Improvement Fund by about $18 million.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Doctors could dispense some Medicare drugs

If enacted, some doctors could dispense and bill for certain Medicare Part D drugs they prescribe. The exception would run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. It would apply only if you have an ongoing relationship with the prescriber and had an in-person visit in the past year for other, non-drug care. The drug must be prescribed by your doctor or someone in the same group, and dispensed by that doctor, their group, or a supervised staff member from the practice, with pickup or mail delivery allowed. Billing would need to be by that doctor, the group, or an entity they wholly own. This would not change other Medicare Part D rules.

Small cut to Medicare improvement fund

If enacted, this would lower the Medicare Improvement Fund by $18 million, from $1.804 billion to $1.786 billion. The change would take effect upon enactment. Programs that use this fund could have slightly less money.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Harshbarger

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Wasserman Schultz

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Miller (WV)

    WV • R

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Soto

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Crenshaw

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Davis (NC)

    NC • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Gottheimer

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 5/19/2025

  • Krishnamoorthi

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/3/2025

  • Wilson (SC)

    SC • R

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Steube

    FL • R

    Sponsored 6/30/2025

  • Miller-Meeks

    IA • R

    Sponsored 8/29/2025

  • Malliotakis

    NY • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Moran

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Estes

    KS • R

    Sponsored 10/31/2025

  • Balderson

    OH • R

    Sponsored 10/31/2025

  • Golden (ME)

    ME • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Pingree

    ME • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Bean (FL)

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rulli

    OH • R

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Bilirakis

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/18/2025

  • Riley (NY)

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/3/2025

  • Burchett

    TN • R

    Sponsored 12/3/2025

  • Sewell

    AL • D

    Sponsored 12/9/2025

  • Kelly (PA)

    PA • R

    Sponsored 2/5/2026

  • Hudson

    NC • R

    Sponsored 3/16/2026

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