Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 - Declares that between October 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, specified regulations regarding the formula for determining the federal rate for inpatient hospital capital-related costs under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) shall apply without the mandatory phase out of the indirect medical education adjustment factor.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delay for six months following enactment of this Act any implementation of the Medicaid outpatient hospital services regulation proposed on September 28, 2007.
Prohibits the Secretary from phasing out or eliminating the Medicare hospice wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor before April 1, 2009.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and upon the request of the state of California, to extend approval, and full federal financial participation, of the state's Medicaid family planning demonstration project until June 30, 2009, under the eligibility requirements and processes that were in place before the project's first extension period.
Directs the Secretary to delay until April 1, 2009, implementation of a proposed rule published on June 27, 2008 (or any similar rule), relating to: (1) decertification of rural health clinics under the Medicare program that are no longer in nonurbanized areas; and (2) changes in the Medicare payment methodology for rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with regard to mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems, to require states to incorporate compatible methodologies of the National Correct Coding Initiative for claims filed after October 1, 2009. Directs the Secretary to identify such methodologies.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2008 to Dec 10, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Sep 30, 2008 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Oct 1, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Oct 2, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Oct 2, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Oct 2, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Oct 2, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Dec 10, 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 Sep 30, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Sep 30, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10623–S10625 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Chuck Grassley R-IA | Nov 19, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10456–S10458 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Oct 2, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7241 | Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008 | Related bill | Oct 2, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Ambulatory care
- Appropriations
- California
- Clinics
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Family planning and birth control
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Housing and Community Development
- Identification devices
- Law
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medicare
- Rural health
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Terminal care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2008Introduced in Senate
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