H.R. 2005 · 119th Congress

DMEPOS Relief Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 10, 2025 by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1). 25 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 10, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
Cosponsors
25
7 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  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 direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for certain adjustments to Medicare payment for items of durable medical equipment that were formerly included in round 2021 of the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 10, 2025). Public domain.

DMEPOS Relief Act of 2025

This bill extends until December 31, 2025, a higher payment rate (known as the 75/25 blended rate) for durable medical equipment in nonrural or noncontiguous areas under Medicare.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Mariannette Miller-MeeksR-IA-1Sponsor

Democrats · 7

Republicans · 18

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

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  1. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Mar 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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. American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare)12 reports
    $760K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE11 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  3. Rotech Healthcare Inc.6 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC.$3.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. OWENS & MINOR, INC.5 reports
    $480K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION INC$131.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. Accendra Health, Inc. (formerly "Owens & Minor, Inc.")4 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  6. Healthcare Nutrition Council4 reports
  7. ACCENDRA HEALTH, INC.2 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  8. Arkansas Medical Equipment Providers2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  9. Vanderbilt University Medical Center2 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$36M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. MEDLINE, INC.1 report
    $400K reported (all issues)
  11. UNITED SEATING AND MOBILITY LLC1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNITED SEATING AND MOBILITY, L.L.C.$32.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.