House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8702.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 99, June 12, 2024, Page H3974):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 216 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8702, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
231 cosponsors — 91 Republicans, 140 Democrats
140 of 231 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and 201 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.