Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should be commended for implementing the Medicare demonstration project to assess the quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and should extend the project through 2006, subject to any appropriate modifications.
Latest action · Oct 6, 2005 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMay 4, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseOct 6, 2005
Summary
Urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) extend through 2006 the Medicare demonstration project to assess the quality of care for patients undergoing chemotherapy by collecting data on the impact of chemotherapy on cancer patients' quality of life; (2) thoroughly review the merits of the demonstration project; and (3) use the results of the project to develop a system to pay for chemotherapy services under Medicare based on the quality of care delivered and the resources used to deliver that care.
Calls for: (1) the demonstration project to be modified to accumulate even more useful data relating to quality of care; and (2) the continuation of payments to physicians for participation in the demonstration project to facilitate continued access of Medicare patients with cancer to chemotherapy treatment of the highest quality.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 4, 2005 to Oct 6, 2005; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Original | May 4, 2005 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | May 4, 2005 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | May 4, 2005 |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | Original | May 4, 2005 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 12, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | May 12, 2005 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | May 12, 2005 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 12, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 19, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| R-NM | Heather Wilson | Jul 19, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Jul 19, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 19, 2005 | |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Oct 6, 2005 |
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 May 4, 2005Markup Jul 20, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 13, 2005Discharged Jul 20, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 4, 2005 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2005Mr. Deal (GA) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Oct 6, 2005Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8683-8685)
- Oct 6, 2005DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 261.
- Oct 6, 2005Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8683)
- Oct 6, 2005Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8683–H8685Text printed H8683 | Gene Green D-TX, Mike Ferguson R-NJ, Nancy L. Johnson R-CT, Nathan Deal R-GA, Ralph M. Hall R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Sherrod Brown D-OH | Oct 6, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1732 | Zach Wamp R-TN | Jul 29, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1562 | Albert Russell Wynn D-MD | Jul 21, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should be commended for implementing the Medicare demonstration project to assess the quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and should extend the project, at least through 2006, subject to any appropriate modifications.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should be commended for implementing the Medicare demonstration project to assess the quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and should extend the project through 2006, subject to any appropriate modifications.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2005Engrossed in House
- May 4, 2005Introduced in House
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