U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10706: Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act
Status: In committee, October 1, 2026
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 1, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act . SECTION 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that: (1) The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) represents a valuable tool for testing innovative health care payment and service delivery models which can improve the coordination, quality, and efficiency of health care services. (2) The model testing process is intended to test concepts on a limited scale first in Phase I, then assess initial results, and, if results merit, expand the model to a larger test in Phase II to confirm the initial results. (3) Starting model testing on a limited scale, assessing results, and then expanding the model to confirm initial results protects the integrity of the Medicare program by minimizing unintentional losses or negative impacts to the patients or providers participating in Phase I model testing. (4) CMI should focus its attention on models most likely to succeed and should continually assess models and terminate those which are not generating results in keeping with its purpose--lowering costs while maintaining or …
Sponsors
- Adrian Smith (R, HD-NE-3) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB10706?
- HB10706 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act.
- What does HB10706 do?
- In its own words: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10706?
- In committee as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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. (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10706?
- Adrian Smith (R, HD-NE-3).
- Where is the official record for HB10706?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10706
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