Bills · 119th Congress · S.J.Res. 198

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

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Sponsored by Ron Wyden DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Health.

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Cosponsors

21 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Patty Murray DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Maria Cantwell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Richard Blumenthal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Kirsten E. Gillibrand DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ruben Gallego DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark Kelly DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Cory A. Booker DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Edward J. Markey DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tammy Duckworth DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tammy Baldwin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Andy Kim DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bernard Sanders IIndependentOriginal cosponsor
Elizabeth Warren DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark R. Warner DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tina Smith DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ben Ray Luján DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jeff Merkley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Richard J. Durbin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jeanne Shaheen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Chris Van Hollen DDemocrat
Jon Ossoff DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 50. Record Vote Number: 199.
  2. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.
  3. Senate Committee on Finance discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
  4. Senate Committee on Finance discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
  5. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  6. Introduced in Senate

Committees

  • Finance Committee (Senate)Discharged From, June 24, 2026; Referred To, June 24, 2026

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