Prior Authorization Relief Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5612 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5612 To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for prior authorization reforms under the Medicare Advantage program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 19 (legislative day, December 16), 2024 Mr. Whitehouse introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for prior authorization reforms under the Medicare Advantage program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prior Authorization Relief Act''. SEC. 2. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REFORMS. (a) Medicare Advantage.--Section 1859 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-28) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``…