HR 6600 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008

Introduced Jul 24, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

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Latest action · Sep 30, 2008 Received in the Senate.

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. IntroducedJul 24, 2008
  2. Passed HouseSep 29, 2008
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that Social Security account numbers are not included on Medicare cards.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to report to Congress after one year on the implementation of this Act, including line-item estimates of and justifications for associated costs, taking into consideration, among other factors, cost-effectiveness and beneficiary outreach and education.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2008 to Sep 22, 2008; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXChet EdwardsOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-MIDave CampOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-ILJerry WellerOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TNJohn S. TannerOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-FLKendrick B. MeekOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-NHPaul W. HodesOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-WIRon KindOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-KYRon LewisOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CASam FarrOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalJul 24, 2008
R-CAWally HergerOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalJul 24, 2008
D-CALynn C. WoolseyJul 31, 2008
D-MDChris Van HollenSep 22, 2008
R-NVJon C. PorterSep 22, 2008

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jul 24, 2008

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2008Received in the Senate.
  2. Sep 29, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10631)
  3. Sep 29, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/27/2008 H10200)
  4. Sep 29, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Sep 27, 2008Mr. Doggett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H10631Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VASep 29, 2008
HouseDebate and remarks H10200–H10202Text printed H10200Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Sam Johnson R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXSep 27, 2008

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008
Short Titles as Passed House
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2008Received in Senate
  2. Sep 29, 2008Engrossed in House
  3. Jul 24, 2008Introduced in House

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