HR8319Referred to Committee

KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-04-16
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Rudy Yakym III
Rudy Yakym III
Republican · IN · Representative
Votes with party: 99.1% (554 recorded votes)

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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.

2026-04-16

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Plain-English Summary

The bill would allow doctors to use remote monitoring technology to track patients with end-stage renal disease (kidney failure) and get paid by Medicare for these services, expanding what types of remote care are covered for this group of patients. This would let kidney patients receive more frequent check-ins and monitoring from their doctors without always having to visit a clinic in person. The change affects Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors and some disabled people, as well as the doctors and dialysis centers that treat kidney disease patients.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8319 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8319 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand certain remote monitoring services furnished by physicians to individuals with end stage renal disease under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2026 Mr. Yakym (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand certain remote monitoring services furnished by physicians to individuals with end stage renal disease under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Individuals with Dialysis Needs Equipped through Year-round Remote Monitoring Act'' or the ``KIDNEY Remote Monitoring Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANDING CERTAIN REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES FURNISHED BY PHYSICIANS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE. Section 1881(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(3)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), payment for remote physiologic monitoring services furnished by a physician on or after January 1, 2028, to an individual determined to have end stage renal disease receiving home dialysis shall be made on the basis described in section 1848.''. <all>
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