S 1738 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001

Introduced Nov 28, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor John F. Kerry D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 28, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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. IntroducedNov 28, 2001
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) timelines for publication of final regulations and compliance with substantive changes after notice; (2) timeframes for the completion of the record in the appeals process; (3) contracts with Medicare administrative contractors for determining payment amounts, making payments, and providing certain provider services; (4) coordination of funding for education of service providers; and (5) standardization of random prepayment review and recovery of overpayments from Medicare administrative contractors.

Grants a one-year delay in the lock-in procedures for Medicare+Choice plans under SSA title XVIII part C.

Provides a temporary moratorium on the requirement that home health agencies collect Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data from non-Medicare patients.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 28, 2001 to Jun 18, 2002; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-SCErnest F. HollingsOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-AKFrank H. MurkowskiOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-TNFred ThompsonOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-LAJohn B. BreauxOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-IDLarry E. CraigOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-MTMax BaucusOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-SDThomas A. DaschleOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalNov 28, 2001
R-ARTim HutchinsonOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalNov 28, 2001
D-PAArlen SpecterDec 4, 2001
R-MTConrad R. BurnsDec 4, 2001
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichDec 5, 2001
R-MESusan M. CollinsDec 5, 2001
R-WYCraig ThomasDec 12, 2001
D-IATom HarkinDec 12, 2001
R-TNWilliam H. FristDec 14, 2001
R-COBen Nighthorse CampbellJan 23, 2002
D-GAMax ClelandMar 13, 2002
R-VAGeorge AllenApr 16, 2002
D-GAZell MillerMay 7, 2002
D-MOJean CarnahanJun 18, 2002

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Nov 28, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 28, 2001Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 28, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12106)
  3. Nov 28, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S12106, S12107Frank H. Murkowski R-AK, John F. Kerry D-MA, Larry E. Craig R-ID, Max Baucus D-MTNov 28, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements under the medicare program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 28, 2001Introduced in Senate

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