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S. 3480

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3480, the Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Dec 15, 2025 by Sen. Patty Murray (D) with 19 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Dec 15, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 3480 has 19 co-sponsors.

sb3480/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3480 IS: Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-12-15
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 3480  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   December 15, 2025   Mrs. Murray  (for herself,  Mr. Wyden ,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Ms. Baldwin ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Mr. Booker ,  Mr. Sanders ,  Mr. Merkley ,  Ms. Warren ,  Ms. Cantwell ,  Ms. Duckworth ,  Ms. Smith ,  Mr. Luján ,  Ms. Blunt Rochester ,  Mr. Welch ,  Mr. Kim ,  Mr. Markey , and  Mr. Gallego ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR model under the Medicare program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025   or the   Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibiting implementation of the WISeR model under the Medicare program
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not implement the innovative payment and service delivery model described in the notice titled  Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model  (90 Fed. Reg. 28749 (July 1, 2025)), or any substantially similar model.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-12-15
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR model under the Medicare program.

Sponsors

Sen. Patty Murray (D) sponsors S. 3480, and 19 members have co-sponsored it, 17 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 3480 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance
Finance
Referred To · Dec 15, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 3480 has taken 2 actions since Dec 15, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 15, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Finance Committee
Dec 15, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3480 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 3480.

Titles

S. 3480 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery Care Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing the WISeR model under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 6 firms and 45 registered lobbyists who named S. 3480 in 15 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Immigration, Government Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia15—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION—Illinois13—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS—District of Columbia13—
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS—District of Columbia12—
AFL-CIO—District of Columbia11—
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION—New York11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION15—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION13—
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS13—
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS12—
AFL-CIO11—
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 45.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXIS PIERCE115
ANDREW WANKUM115
ANGELA FRANKLIN115
ASHLEY DELOSH115
BRYAN HULL115
CHRISTOPHER SHERIN115
DANA LICHTENBERG115
JASON MARINO115
JEFFREY COUGHLIN115
KATHERINE DAPPER115
KORYN RUBIN115
LINDSEY BRILL115
LISA MYERS115
MARGARET GARIKES115
MATTHEW REID115
PHILIP LYNCH115
ROBERT REDDING115
SANDRA MARKS115
SHANNON CURTIS115
SUZANNE JOY115

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$5.5M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$5.1M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2026 first_quarter$880K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$513K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 first_quarter$490K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 fourth_quarter$450K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 second_quarter$410K2nd Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS2026 first_quarter$95K1st Quarter - Report
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANSALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS2026 second_quarter$85K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATIONAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATIONAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATIONAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATIONUNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter—1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3480 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3480’s is Health.

s3480/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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