# 119-s-2793: Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025

119-s-2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2793
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires Medicare Advantage plans to include essential community providers in their networks.** This bill would create an "Essential Community Provider" standard that makes plans offer contracts to local safety-net providers, ensure network access for low-income and rural enrollees, and require payment to Federally Qualified Health Centers consistent with current Medicare rules. - Families and low-income enrollees: Would get stronger access protections because plans must ensure a sufficient number and geographic distribution of essential community providers so people in rural areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas can get timely care. - Federally Qualified Health Centers and safety-net clinics: Plans must offer to contract with these providers and pay FQHCs amounts consistent with section 1857(e)(3), helping preserve revenue streams for clinics that serve mainly low-income patients. - Medicare Advantage organizations: Must include available essential community providers in each plan’s service area, explain in plan materials why any deficiency exists, and face potential plan denial if the Secretary finds the justification insufficient.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More access to community providers for Medicare: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare Advantage plans would have to include and offer to contract with "essential community providers" in each plan service area. The bill would define which providers count, such as Federally Qualified Health Centers, tribal and Indian Health Service facilities, certain hospitals, a…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-836: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1287: DELETE Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2793 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2793)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-836: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-836)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1287: DELETE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1287)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2793 (as of 2026-04-21).