Residential Recovery for Seniors Act

This bill would add residential treatment for substance use disorders to Medicare Part A coverage. It covers three levels of care: clinically managed low-intensity, clinically managed high-intensity, and medically managed residential services, including bed and board and clinical services. A patient's need for care must be assessed using approved addiction-treatment criteria and reviewed at least every 30 days (every 10 days for medically managed care). Facilities must be enrolled in Medicare, accredited, and licensed by their state. Medicare would pay these facilities through a daily-rate payment system starting with cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2026.

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Sponsors

• Lauren Underwood Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors