US HR694: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should halt the pilot program and should not j…

In one paragraph

The federal H.Res. 694 is a simple House resolution that would express the sense of the House that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "should not utilize artificial intelligence to determine whether patients' procedures will be covered by Medicare." It recites CMS's June 27, 2025 announcement of a pilot using for-profit contractors and "enhanced technologies" such as AI. It would not change the law or bind CMS. Introduced September 10, 2025 and referred to the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees; no further action.

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What it means for business

None yet: the resolution is pending. No duties for businesses; as a sense-of-the-House resolution it would not change the law or end the CMS pilot.

Key provisions

1. 1Sense of the House that CMS "should not utilize artificial intelligence to determine whether patients' procedures will be covered by Medicare"
2. 2The preamble recites that on June 27, 2025 CMS announced a pilot to contract with for-profit companies to use "enhanced technologies," such as AI, to evaluate whether certain services should be covered
3. 3The title calls on CMS to halt the pilot program; the operative clause itself says only that CMS should not use AI for coverage determinations
4. 4A simple resolution: no duties, funding, deadlines or enforcement

Latest legislative action

Sep 10, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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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