H.R. 2484 · 119th Congress

Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 31, 2025 by Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1). 26 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 29, 2025): Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 7.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 31, 2025
Cosponsors
26
10 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish an exception to the physician self-referral prohibition for certain outpatient prescription drugs furnished by a physician practice under the Medicare program.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health personnel
  • Medicare
  • Prescription drugs

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 31, 2025). Public domain.

Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025

This bill temporarily expands flexibilities under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) for certain physicians who dispense covered outpatient drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit at the physician's office location (e.g., through an integrated pharmacy). The Stark law generally prohibits physicians from referring patients to receive services that are payable under Medicare or Medicaid from entities in which the physician or an immediate family member has a financial relationship.

Specifically, the bill allows, from 2026-2030, physicians to dispense such drugs from the physician's office, including through in-person pickup by a caregiver or via mail, if (1) the physician prescribed the drug, (2) the beneficiary has an ongoing relationship with the physician, (3) the beneficiary had at least one face-to-face visit with the physician in the prior year, and (4) the physician bills for the drug. These requirements also apply to physicians within the same group practice.

The Government Accountability Office must report on pharmacies or pharmacy networks that dispense significantly more covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit after the bill's enactment, the extent to which such pharmacies and networks are owned by physicians or integrated into physician practices, and the common characteristics of these types of arrangements.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Diana HarshbargerR-TN-1Sponsor

Democrats · 10

Republicans · 16

Roll calls

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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 31, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 31, 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 31, 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.
  5. Apr 29, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Apr 29, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 7.

Committees

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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. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES, INC.11 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  2. ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY6 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  3. Large Urology Group Practice Association6 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)
  4. Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA)6 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  5. McKesson Corpation and its Affiliate US Oncology (formerly US Oncology)6 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  6. McKesson Corporation & affiliates U.S. Oncology and Rx Savings Solutions6 reports
    $4.8M reported (all issues)
  7. Community Oncology Alliance5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  8. McKesson Corporation & affiliates U.S. Oncology and Rx Savings Solutions (Former5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  9. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALTY PHARMACY5 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  10. THE KROGER CO.5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  11. House Rx, Inc.4 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  12. WALGREEN CO4 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WALGREEN CO.AI match · 99%
  13. AMERICAN PHARMACIES, INC.3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  14. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.3 reports
    $960K reported (all issues)
  15. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS2 reports
    $274.3K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  16. PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  17. VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED2 reports
  18. American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc.1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  19. Americans for Prosperity1 report
    $340K reported (all issues)
  20. CENCORA, INC.1 report
    $450K reported (all issues)
  21. Cencora fka AmerisourceBergen Corporation1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  22. Center for Health and Democracy1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  23. MERCK & CO., INC.1 report
    Federal contractor: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC$445.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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.