S 326 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Susan M. Collins R-ME

Latest action · Feb 14, 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.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to eliminate a specified 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits with respect to payment rates for home health services under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase payment by ten percent for home health services furnished in a rural area on or after April 1, 2001; but prohibits the Secretary from reducing the standard PPS amount (or amounts) applicable to such services furnished during a period to offset the payment increase resulting from such requirement.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Nov 12, 2002; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PA	Arlen Specter	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NH	Bob Smith	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MO	Christopher S. Bond	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-AK	Frank H. Murkowski	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-VT	James M. Jeffords	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MO	Jean Carnahan	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NC	Jesse Helms	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NH	Judd Gregg	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-RI	Lincoln Chafee	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-PA	Rick Santorum	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MS	Thad Cochran	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-AR	Tim Hutchinson	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		Feb 15, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer		Feb 15, 2001
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns		Feb 26, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli		Feb 26, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy		Mar 1, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland		Mar 13, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Mar 21, 2001
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith		Mar 26, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		Apr 23, 2001
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone		Apr 30, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman		May 1, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV		Jul 9, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Jul 26, 2001
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman		Oct 3, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Mar 4, 2002
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		May 8, 2002
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		May 9, 2002
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		May 16, 2002
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici		Jun 27, 2002
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Nov 12, 2002

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 14, 2001Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1396-1399)
Feb 14, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 2

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S1581	Conrad R. Burns R-MT	Feb 26, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S1396–S1399	Christopher S. Bond R-MO, Jack Reed D-RI, Susan M. Collins R-ME, Wayne Allard R-CO	Feb 14, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-12	SECOND IN SERIES ON MEDICARE REFORM: BRINGING REGULATORY RELIEF TO BENEFICIARIES AND PROVIDERS144 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Mar 15, 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 eliminate the 15 percent reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and to permanently increase payments for such services that are furnished in rural areas.
Short Titles as Introduced: Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2001Introduced in Senate

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