House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the availability of appropriate collection types for quality reporting under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Vern Buchanan R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2025
- Committee actionSep 17, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 29, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5347.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 150, September 15, 2025, Page H4311):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5347, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5347
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.