HR 2195 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011

Introduced Jun 15, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Latest action · Jun 23, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

IntroducedJun 15, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes, and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI).

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2011 to Apr 27, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Jun 15, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Original	Jun 15, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 7, 2011
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 15, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jul 15, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jul 22, 2011
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jul 29, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 29, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Aug 5, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Aug 26, 2011
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Aug 26, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		Aug 26, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Sep 7, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Sep 9, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 9, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Sep 9, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Sep 13, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Sep 22, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Oct 4, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Oct 4, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Oct 4, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Oct 6, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Oct 24, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 26, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Nov 2, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Nov 4, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jan 23, 2012
D-NC	David E. Price		Feb 28, 2012
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Feb 28, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 7, 2012
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Mar 28, 2012
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Apr 27, 2012

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 15, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 22, 2011
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 15, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 23, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 23, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 15, 2011Introduced in House
Jun 15, 2011Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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
House	Debate and remarks H4200	Christopher Murphy D-CT	Jun 15, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4278.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1203	Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011	Related bill	Jun 15, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 15, 2011Introduced in House

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