Doctor Knows Best Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 22, 2025, with no cosponsors
IntroducedJan 22, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 63 words.
Doctor Knows Best Act of 2025 This bill prohibits health insurance plans (including federal health care programs) from imposing a prior authorization requirement, utilization management technique (e.g., step therapy or fail-first protocol), or medical necessity review for any item or service for which benefits are available under the plan. The prohibition is effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 145 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 257 words
- Subjects
- Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
- Latest action
- Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]