Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013
Latest action · Jun 3, 2013 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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) the limitation on certain physician referrals to hospitals in which the physician or an immediate family member has an ownership or investment interest exceeding a specified amount; and (2) the rural provider and hospital exception to the physician ownership or investment prohibition.
Extends the rural provider and hospital exception to hospitals that were under construction or development as of December 30, 2010, and hospitals in financial distress.
Defines "financial distress" for a cost reporting period as one in which a hospital has had an overall negative combined Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and outpatient prospective payment system operating margin for the most recent three consecutive cost reporting periods for which data are available.
Eliminates the process for applying for such an exception for expansions of hospital facility capacity. Limits increases in facility capacity to those hospitals that have had a previous increase.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2013 to Aug 1, 2014; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | May 16, 2013 |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | May 21, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Jun 11, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jun 20, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jun 27, 2013 |
Withdrew 1 Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ Jul 30, 2013
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 May 16, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2013 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 16, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 17, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 16, 2013Introduced in House
- May 16, 2013Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7253.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | CURRENT HOSPITAL ISSUES IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM284 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 20, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 1877 of the Social Security Act to modify the requirements for hospitals to qualify for the rural provider and hospital exception to physician ownership or investment prohibition in order to take into account hospitals that were under construction or development at the time of imposing such requirements, hospital expansions, and hospitals in financial distress, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2013Introduced in House
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