Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 3/6/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-06Referred 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.
- 2025-03-06Referred 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.
- 2025-03-06Introduced in House
- 2025-03-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-03-06 (00)
Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish, upon request, specific payment methodologies for qualifying pediatric technologies under the Medicare physician fee schedule. Qualifying pediatric technologies are medical devices that are (1) covered under Medicare, (2) approved by the Food and Drug Administration, (3) currently billed using a specified temporary billing code for emerging technologies, and (4) predominantly used or specifically designated for pediatric patients.
The CMS must develop a payment methodology for a qualifying pediatric technology upon request from the manufacturer and based on available data, including pricing information and claims data. Manufacturers must include relevant information in their requests to enable the CMS to develop the corresponding methodologies.
Cosponsors (16)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
- Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- Donald Davis (D-NC)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Robert Bresnahan (R-PA)
- Craig Goldman (R-TX)
- Eugene Vindman (D-VA)
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