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Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
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Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-24
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Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
Republican · TN · Senator
Votes with party: 74.8% (814 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2025-01-24

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Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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