# 119-hr-2433: Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025

119-hr-2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2433
- Congress: 119
- Title: Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

**Would require Medicare coverage decisions — including prior authorizations and denials — to follow written clinical criteria developed with physician input.** The bill sets rules for how Medicare administrative contractors, Medicare Advantage plans, and prescription drug plans create, post, and use clinical rules that determine medical necessity. - Medicare beneficiaries: Coverage denials and preauthorization decisions would have to be tied to written clinical criteria and be made by a licensed, board‑certified or board‑eligible physician in the same specialty as the treating provider. - Health care providers: Plans and contractors would have to post current preauthorization rules online in accessible language and notify contracted providers at least 60 days before new or amended requirements take effect. - Plans and contractors: New contract terms would require evidence‑based, annually updated clinical criteria developed with input from actively practicing physicians, allow case‑by‑case deviations, and forbid denials based solely on the absence of an independently developed evidence standard when none exists.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] (R-PA), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Clearer Medicare prior authorization rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare contractors, Medicare Advantage plans, and Medicare drug plans would have new prior authorization rules for contracts that apply starting 90 days after enactment. Plans would have to give doctors at least 60 days’ written notice before new prior authorization rules begin and po…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2433 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2433)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2433 (as of 2026-10-15).