H.R. 8702 · 118th Congress

Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2024

Introduced on Jun 12, 2024 by Mike Kelly (R-PA-16). 231 cosponsors, 140 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 12, 2024
Cosponsors
231
140 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike KellyR-PA-16Sponsor

Democrats · 140

Republicans · 91

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 12, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Jun 12, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Jun 12, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  4. Jun 12, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  5. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Greater New York Hospital Association8 reports
    $4.3M reported (all issues)
  2. BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.7 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  3. Essentia Health7 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY6 reports
    $854.4K reported (all issues)
  5. Alzheimer's Association6 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  6. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings6 reports
    $770K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Astria Therapeutics, Inc.5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  8. ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)4 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  9. American College of Radiology Association4 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGYAI match · 97%
  10. HUMANA INC.4 reports
    $5.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC$5.6B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)3 reports
    $7.6M reported (all issues)
  12. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  13. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY3 reports
    $800K reported (all issues)
  14. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS3 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  15. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  17. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$92K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY3 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  19. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $699K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY3 reports
    $320.4K reported (all issues)
  21. AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  22. ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY3 reports
    $750K reported (all issues)
  23. American Academy of Dermatology3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  24. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation3 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  25. American Clinical Laboratory Assn3 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  26. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists3 reports
    $675K reported (all issues)
  27. American College of Surgeons3 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS$2.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. American Medical Association3 reports
    $17M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  29. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  30. American Society of Hematology3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  31. COMMONWEALTH CARE ALLIANCE3 reports
  32. California Hospital Association3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  33. California Medical Association Inc.3 reports
    $172K reported (all issues)
  34. Congress of Neurological Surgeons3 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  35. Digestive Health Physicians Association3 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  36. GLAUKOS3 reports
    $185K reported (all issues)
  37. Kindred Healthcare d/b/a ScionHealth (fka Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc)3 reports
    $117K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KINDRED HEALTHCARE OPERATING INCAI match · 100%
  38. Large Urology Group Practice Association3 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  39. MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY3 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  40. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS3 reports
    $498.4K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.