119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Dec 15, 2025
Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Dec 15, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Health
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Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$420,000
Spent on own lobbying
…parency Act S.4085, Taking Back Our Hospitals Act Healthcare funding H-1B fees and the healthcare workforce U.S. Vaccine schedule Private equity and healthcare S.3480, SMARTER Care Act H.R.6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act S.3323, Family Vaccine Protection Act Discharge Petition No: 119-10, related to a three-year extensi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$4,540,000
Spent on own lobbying
…re Act of 2025, all provisions S.1996 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S.2709 - Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S.3480 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions S.3607 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2026, all provisions S.5168 - Provider Reimburs…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…search Permanently Extending Telehealth Flexibilities Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Project WISeR Model - H.R. 5940/S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nt Act Permanently Extending Telehealth Flexibilities Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Project WISeR Model - H.R. 5940/S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…parency Act S.4085, Taking Back Our Hospitals Act Healthcare funding H-1B fees and the healthcare workforce U.S. Vaccine schedule Private equity and healthcare S.3480, SMARTER Care Act H.R.6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act S.3323, Family Vaccine Protection Act Discharge Petition No: 119-10, related to a three-year extensi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$5,130,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ent Act of 202, all provisions S.1996 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S.2709 - Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S.3480 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions S.3607 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2026, all provisions S.3750 - REAL Health Provi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS · lobbying firm or registrant: ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$85,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nding levels 8. Effect of the federal government shutdown on the Medicare and Medicaid programs 9. H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act, entire bill 10. S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act, entire bill 11. H.R. 6951, Medicaid State Recovery Act, entire bill 12. H.R. 6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act, entire bi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 12, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
Amount not reported
…hs-education-appropriations-package-final.pdf United Spinal and other members of the Coalition to Preserve Rehabilitation (CPR),wrote the sponsors of H.R. 5940/S. 3480, the Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient, Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025 to express strong support for this bipartisan leg…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…search Permanently Extending Telehealth Flexibilities Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Project WISeR Model - H.R. 5940/S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f 2025 Permanently Extending Telehealth Flexibilities Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Project WISeR Model - H.R. 5940/S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$490,000
Spent on own lobbying
…d Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Condition of Participation: Prohibiting Sex-Rejecting Procedures for Children (RIN 0938-AV87) Monitor the following: S.3480, SMARTER Care Act H.R.6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act S.3323, Family Vaccine Protection Act Extending the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Tax Credits Dischar…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$7,970,000
Spent on own lobbying
…s (PAAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 3480, Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Qu…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AFL-CIO
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$880,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 1834 - Break the Gridlock Act H.R. 5940 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act S. 3480 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act S. 2355 - Patients Deserve Price Tags Act H.R. 1834 - Breaking the Gridlock Act Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). H.R.543…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS · lobbying firm or registrant: ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 18, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$95,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nding levels 8. Effect of the federal government shutdown on the Medicare and Medicaid programs 9. H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act, entire bill 10. S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act, entire bill 11. H.R. 6951, Medicaid State Recovery Act, entire bill 12. H.R. 6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act, entire bi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ilitation Research Extending Telehealth Flexibilities Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Project WISeR Model - H.R. 5940/S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…o Care Act of 2025 Extending Telehealth Flexibilities Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Project WISeR Model - H.R. 5940/S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$5,480,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ll provisions H.R. 5467, Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3022, Restor…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$450,000
Spent on own lobbying
S.3480, SMARTER Care Act H.R.6361, Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act S.3323, Family Vaccine Protection Act Extending the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Tax Credits Dischar…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing