HR 2499 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost-Saving Act of 2011

Introduced Jul 12, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Larry Kissell D-NC

Latest action · Jul 20, 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.

IntroducedJul 12, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost Savings Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to lymphedema diagnosis and treatment services. including lymphedema compression treatment items.

Cosponsors 92

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2011 to Sep 21, 2012; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Jul 12, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 12, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Jul 12, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Jul 12, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 13, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 13, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 13, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jul 20, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Aug 1, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Aug 1, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Aug 9, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Aug 23, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 7, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham		Sep 7, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 8, 2011
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 14, 2011
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Sep 23, 2011
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Sep 29, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Oct 25, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Oct 26, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Nov 14, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Nov 14, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Nov 14, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Nov 16, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Nov 18, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Nov 30, 2011
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Dec 6, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 7, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Dec 8, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Dec 12, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Dec 13, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu		Dec 14, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Dec 15, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jan 6, 2012
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jan 17, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jan 17, 2012
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jan 17, 2012
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jan 17, 2012
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jan 23, 2012
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jan 23, 2012
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Jan 27, 2012
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jan 31, 2012
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Jan 31, 2012
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Feb 1, 2012
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Feb 6, 2012
R-FL	Bill Posey		Feb 27, 2012
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Feb 27, 2012
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Feb 27, 2012
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Feb 28, 2012
D-CA	Karen Bass		Mar 9, 2012
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Apr 16, 2012
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Apr 16, 2012
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Apr 25, 2012
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Apr 25, 2012
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 9, 2012
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		May 9, 2012
D-MA	John F. Tierney		May 9, 2012
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		May 9, 2012
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 15, 2012
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 22, 2012
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		May 22, 2012
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jun 6, 2012
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jun 6, 2012
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 18, 2012
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jun 18, 2012
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 18, 2012
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Jun 26, 2012
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Jun 26, 2012
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 26, 2012
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 9, 2012
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jul 17, 2012
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jul 17, 2012
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 31, 2012
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Aug 2, 2012
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Aug 2, 2012
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Aug 2, 2012
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Sep 10, 2012
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Sep 10, 2012
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Sep 21, 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 Jul 12, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 15, 2011
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 12, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 20, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 20, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 12, 2011Introduced in House
Jul 12, 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.

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: Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4945.

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 improve the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema under the Medicare program and to reduce costs under such program related to the treatment of lymphedema.
Short Titles as Introduced: Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost-Saving Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 12, 2011Introduced in House

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