Medicare Firewall Act of 2011
Latest action · Aug 5, 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 29, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Firewall Act of 2011 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, to defund as of the end of FY2011: (1) the convening of multi-stakeholder groups for input into the selection of health care quality measures, (2) the Independence at Home Demonstration Program, (3) the Community-Based Care Transitions Program, (4) the demonstration project on separate payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for complex diagnostic laboratory tests, (5) outreach and assistance for specified state and local low-income programs, (6) the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, (7) evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs, and (8) the pilot program for care of certain individuals residing in emergency declaration areas.
Restores to the Medicare Trust Funds unobligated amounts that were originally transferred from them for such programs and activities.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on demonstration, pilot, or similar projects undertaken with funding from any of the Medicare Trust Funds, especially those for which the initial period of the project has: (1) not demonstrated that the project has met its objectives, or (2) resulted in net expenditures from the Medicare Trust Funds. Requires the Secretary to include with this report a plan for termination or modification of each such project.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2011 to Oct 12, 2011, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Jul 29, 2011 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jul 29, 2011 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jul 29, 2011 |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Original | Jul 29, 2011 |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Original | Jul 29, 2011 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Jul 29, 2011 |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Oct 12, 2011 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Oct 12, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 29, 2011Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Rules, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Comprehensive health care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Home and outpatient care
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2011Introduced in House
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