The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (H.R. 3107), introduced by Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Rep. Roger Marshall, MD, (R-Kan.) and Rep. Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.) is an important first step toward reforming restrictive prior authorization practices that unnecessarily delay patient access to critical cancer treatments. Thirty members of Congress have signed on as cosponsors of this ASTRO supported legislation. This bipartisan legislation would help protect patients from unnecessary delays in care by streamlining and standardizing prior authorization under the Medicare Advantage program, providing much-needed oversight and transparency of health insurance for America’s seniors.
Specifically, the bill would:
Sponsor
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Cosponsors
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]*
Rep. Marshall, Roger W. [R-KS-1]*
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]*
Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2]
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
* = Original cosponsor
ASTRO-supported legislation to reform prior authorization cosponsored by 30 legislators. Appl Rad Oncol.