ROOT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5737 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5737 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify data collection requirements for appropriate use criteria for applicable imaging services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 10, 2025 Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was 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 BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify data collection requirements for appropriate use criteria for applicable imaging services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission Act'' or the ``ROOT Act''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA DATA COLLECTION FOR APPLICABLE IMAGING SERVICES. (a) In General.--Section 1834(q) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(q)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii)-- (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``generates and provides to the ordering professional a certification or documentation that''; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subclause: ``(VIII) Beginning January 1, 2026, the mechanism provides to the Secretary-- ``(aa) the information described in subclauses (III) and (IV); ``(bb) the information described in paragraph (4)(B); and ``(cc) such other information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, at s