HR 3284 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Outpatient Copayment Reduction Act of 2001

Introduced Nov 13, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Fortney Pete Stark D-CA

Latest action · Nov 28, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedNov 13, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Outpatient Copayment Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to provide for an extended period through 2010 of increased graduated reduction of the Medicare beneficiary copayment for a covered OPD service furnished under Medicare.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 27, 2001 to Jun 11, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-MA	Barney Frank	Nov 27, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Nov 27, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Nov 27, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Nov 29, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Nov 29, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior	Dec 6, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Dec 6, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans	Dec 6, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Dec 12, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Dec 19, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Jan 24, 2002
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Mar 7, 2002
D-PA	John P. Murtha	May 21, 2002
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Jun 11, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Nov 13, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Nov 28, 2001
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Nov 13, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 13, 2001Introduced in House
Nov 13, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2066)
Nov 13, 2001Referred 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2066	Fortney Pete Stark D-CA	Nov 13, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a complete transition period for the reduction of Medicare beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department services furnished under the Medicare Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Outpatient Copayment Reduction Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 13, 2001Introduced in House

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