HR 2302 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013

Introduced Jun 6, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tom Reed R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 19, 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 6, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.

Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice programs.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLC. W. Bill YoungOriginalJun 6, 2013
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 6, 2013
R-MNErik PaulsenOriginalJun 6, 2013
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJun 6, 2013
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalJun 6, 2013
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJun 6, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 6, 2013
R-IASteve KingOriginalJun 6, 2013
D-COEd PerlmutterJun 20, 2013
R-WAJaime Herrera BeutlerJun 20, 2013
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiJun 20, 2013
D-VTPeter WelchJul 17, 2013
D-OHTim RyanJul 17, 2013
R-MSAlan NunneleeAug 1, 2013
D-PAMatt CartwrightAug 1, 2013
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 19, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 7, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 6, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Jun 6, 2013Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1053Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013Identical billMay 23, 2013

Subjects

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

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  1. Jun 6, 2013Introduced in House

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