SJRES 198
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Overturns the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule that sets up prior authorization for select services under the Medicare WISeR model, declaring the rule to have no force or effect.
Official title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".
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Senate
Introduced
24-JUN-2026
Referred
24-JUN-2026
On the calendar
24-JUN-2026
- Disapproves the CMS rule implementing prior authorization for select services under the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model, and states that the rule has no force or effect.
- Identifies the rule as published July 1, 2025, and a Government Accountability Office opinion dated May 12, 2026, that treats the notice as a rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code.
- Is a joint resolution under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, which lets Congress disapprove an agency rule.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in Senate, 24-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Finance Committee (Senate)
Health
■ 20 D■ 1 I
20 Democrats
1 Independent