S 2460 · 110th Congress 2007โ€“2009, ended

A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes.

Latest action · Dec 12, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15249-15250)

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. IntroducedDec 12, 2007
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 1997 to extend by one year the moratorium on: (1) implementation of a specified rule relating to the federal-state financial partnership under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act; and (2) the finalization of a certain proposed rule regarding the authority of states to make payments related to graduate medical education (GME payments).

Imposes a one-year moratorium on finalization or implementation of a certain proposed rule regarding the scope of permissible Medicaid payments that redefines outpatient hospitals and specifies methodologies for calculation of the outpatient services upper payment limit.

Cosponsors 38

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2007 to May 13, 2008; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-MICarl LevinOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-MOChristopher S. BondOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-NCElizabeth DoleOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-INEvan BayhOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-COKen SalazarOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-ARMark L. PryorOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-FLMel MartinezOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalDec 12, 2007
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalDec 12, 2007
R-MSThad CochranDec 13, 2007
D-LAMary L. LandrieuFeb 25, 2008
R-NMPete V. DomeniciFeb 25, 2008
R-TNBob CorkerFeb 28, 2008
R-MNNorm ColemanMar 5, 2008
D-ILBarack ObamaMar 13, 2008
D-FLBill NelsonMar 13, 2008
R-INRichard G. LugarMar 31, 2008
R-TXJohn CornynApr 10, 2008
D-MNAmy KlobucharApr 14, 2008
I-VTBernard SandersApr 14, 2008
D-MTJon TesterApr 14, 2008
R-UTRobert F. BennettApr 14, 2008
D-IATom HarkinApr 14, 2008
R-MESusan M. CollinsMay 13, 2008

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Dec 12, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 12, 2007Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 12, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15248-15249)
  3. Dec 12, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15249-15250)

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 S15248Text printed S15249Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text)Dec 12, 2007

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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 110-833ADDRESSING HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE147 pagesHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeFeb 12, 2008

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 12, 2007Introduced in Senate

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