HR 3511 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the 2001 conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule for the first 6 months of 2002, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 18, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Ernie Fletcher R-KY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 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.

  1. IntroducedDec 18, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set the conversion factor (update) for payments under the Medicare physician fee schedule for the first six months of 2002 at the conversion factor for 2001. Declares that this conversion factor and a specified update adjustment factor for services furnished on or after July 1, 2002, shall be applied as if this Act had not been in effect.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on replacing or modifying the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in determining the update for such payments such that the factor used more fully accounts for changes in the unit costs of providing physicians' services.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2001 to Dec 20, 2001, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalDec 18, 2001
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonOriginalDec 18, 2001
R-PAPhil EnglishDec 20, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Dec 18, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Dec 18, 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.

Subjects

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

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