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.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Feb 28, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | May 13, 2008 |
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 Dec 12, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Dec 12, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15248-15249)
- 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S15248Text printed S15249 | Jeff 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.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-833 | ADDRESSING HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE147 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Feb 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.
- Administrative procedure
- Ambulatory care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Law
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical residents
- Medically uninsured
- Poor children
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2007Introduced in Senate
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