To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.
Clarifies model-testing rules and adds accountability to model expansion at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
In three House committees since Oct. 1, 2026, 4 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
- INTRODUCEDINTROOCT 1, 2026
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation tests models and can expand them. The bill would clarify the rules for testing those models and add accountability to decisions about expanding them, though the specific changes are not described here.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
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- Clarifies model-testing parameters
Would clarify the parameters for testing models under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. The title does not specify what those parameters would be.
- Adds accountability for model expansion
Would add accountability to decisions to expand models under the Center. The title does not describe the accountability requirements or how they would work.
The bill focuses on how the Center tests models and decides whether to expand them. Those decisions can affect how models under the Center operate, but the bill’s title does not explain what accountability measures it would add or what problem they are intended to address.
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The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedOCT 1, 2026HOUSEOCT 1, 2026By Rep. SmithReferred to Energy and Commerce, Rules and Ways and Means
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeesOCT 1, 2026ENERGY & COMMERCE · RULES +1 NOWOCT 1, 2026In committee for 4 daysNo hearing yet
- 4 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026REFERREDReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
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