PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] · D–NC
Legislative record
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-24 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed No Surprise Bills for Seniors Act would let the Secretary set rules identifying when losing Medicare prescription drug coverage for unpaid premiums must be treated as involuntary. The Secretary could choose whether to issue those rules, and the proposal leaves the qualifying circumstances to that rulemaking process.
This Act may be cited as the No Surprise Bills for Seniors Act.
Providing flexibility in treatment of nonpayment of Medicare prescription drug plan premiums
except that the Secretary may specify through rulemaking circumstances under which a loss of coverage resulting from termination for such a failure to pay shall be treated as involuntary.
Section 2 would add an exception to section 1860D–1(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act. Although issuing rules would be optional, a loss of coverage falling within circumstances specified by those rules would have to be treated as involuntary.
Section 1860D–1(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–101(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: , except that the Secretary may specify through rulemaking circumstances under which a loss of coverage resulting from termination for such a failure to pay shall be treated as involuntary.
The supplied action snapshot, updated October 9, 2026, records introduction in the House on September 24, 2026, and referral that day to the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-09T17:27:34Z.
2026-09-24: Introduced in House
2026-09-24: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-24. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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None identified in the reviewed text
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
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