A bill to temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services.
Latest action · Jan 30, 2008 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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Delays until April 1, 2009, implementation of proposed changes to payment rules under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for case management and targeted case management services.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, before such date, from taking any action to restrict coverage or payment under Medicaid if such action is more restrictive than the administrative action, policy, or practice that applies to coverage of, or payment for, such services under Medicaid on December 3, 2007.
Makes null and void any such action taken by the Secretary between December 4, 2007, and March 31, 2009, that is based in whole or in part on such interim final rule.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2008 to Mar 13, 2008; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2008 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jan 31, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Feb 12, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Mar 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 Jan 30, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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. 110-71 | IMPROVING THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM11 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Feb 27, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5173 | To temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services. | Identical bill | Jan 29, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2008Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
