HR 4000 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002

Introduced Mar 19, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Jerry Weller R-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 26, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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. IntroducedMar 19, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the payment for certain Federally qualified health center (FQHC) services furnished to an individual enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice), allowing for supplemental reimbursement, among other changes.

Amends Medicare+Choice to add additional Medicare+Choice contract requirements.

Amends SSA title XI with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs, particularly illegal remunerations (kickbacks). Exempts from the prohibition against such remunerations any remuneration: (1) between a FQHC (or an entity controlled by such a health center) and a Medicare+Choice organization pursuant to a specified written agreement; and (2) between a certain kind of public or nonprofit private health center entity and any individual or entity providing goods, items, services, donations, loans, or a combination, to such health center entity pursuant to an agreement, if such agreement produces a community benefit that will be used by the health center entity to maintain or increase the availability or accessibility, or enhance the quality, of services provided to a medically underserved population served by the health center entity.

Amends Medicare to provide for coverage of additional FQHC services.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards relating to the exception for health center entity arrangements to described anti-kickback penalties.

Cosponsors 55

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2002 to Oct 10, 2002; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMar 19, 2002
R-NEDoug BereuterOriginalMar 19, 2002
R-TXHenry BonillaOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMar 19, 2002
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalMar 19, 2002
R-GANathan DealOriginalMar 19, 2002
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalMar 19, 2002
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalMar 19, 2002
D-CALynn C. WoolseyMar 20, 2002
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsMar 20, 2002
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Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 19, 2002
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 19, 2002
Health Subcommittee
Referred Mar 26, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 26, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  2. Mar 19, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Mar 19, 2002Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2067Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002Identical billMar 22, 2002

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 enhance the access of Medicare beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits, to improve the Medicare+Choice program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2002Introduced in House

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