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S. 3908

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3908, the SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 25, 2026 by Sen. John Hoeven (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Feb 25, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 3908 has 1 co-sponsor.

sb3908/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3908 IS: SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
 U.S. Senate
 2026-02-25
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 3908  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 25, 2026   Mr. Hoeven  (for himself and  Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow payments under the Medicare program for certain items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider to be determined under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act  .
2.
Allowing Medicare payments for certain items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider to be determined under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services
Section 1833(t)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B) ) is amended—
(1)
in clause (iv), by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in clause (v)—
(A)
by inserting before  does not include  the following:  subject to clause (vi), ; and
(B)
by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new clause:
(vi)
includes, with respect to a year (beginning with 2027), any item or service—
(I)
that is furnished during such year by an off-campus outpatient department of a provider (as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (21)); and
(II)
with respect to which the greatest total amount paid with respect to a physician specialty under the physician fee schedule under section 1848 for all such items or services furnished by physicians in such specialty during the previous year was less than $2,000,000.
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Tracker

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  1. Introduced2026-02-25
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate Feb 25, 2026

sb3908/introduced-in-senate.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in Senate (02/25/2026)

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.

Sponsors

Sen. John Hoeven (R) sponsors S. 3908, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 3908 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance
Finance
Referred To · Feb 25, 2026 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 3908 has taken 2 actions since Feb 25, 2026.

ChamberAction
Feb 25, 2026
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Finance Committee
Feb 25, 2026
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3908 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 3908.

Titles

S. 3908 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act — Display Title
  • SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow payments under the Medicare program for certain items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider to be determined under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 5 registered lobbyists who named S. 3908 in 2 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS—District of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
DARREN FENWICK112
JUSTIN FISHER112
KRISTIN MCDONALD112
MICHAEL GIULIANI112
MICHAEL HURLBUT112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTSCOLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS2026 first_quarter$305.9K1st Quarter - Report
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTSCOLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS2026 second_quarter$180.1K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3908 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3908’s is Health.

s3908/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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