Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5213.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 136, August 15, 2023, Page H4187):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would reform the practice of prior authorization in Medicare and Medicare Advantage by requiring that all preauthorizations and adverse determinations are made by a licensed physician who is board-certified in the specialty relevant to the health care service in question.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2023 ↗

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  378 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5213, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5213

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f73025f1f4958a61d3bffdff94e041e5dae5dac2eabea6d3c2fa72a58bac3868

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5213, last updated December 20, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.