HR 2504 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2013

Introduced Jun 26, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Greg Walden R-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 23, 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 26, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise conditions of and limitations on payment for home health care services.

Allows payment for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries by: (1) a nurse practitioner, (2) a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with state law, (3) a certified nurse-midwife, or (4) a physician assistant under a physician's supervision.

Cosponsors 162

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2013 to Jan 2, 2015, with 22 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalJun 26, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 26, 2013
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-PACharles W. DentOriginalJun 26, 2013
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalJun 26, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJun 26, 2013
D-ORKurt SchraderOriginalJun 26, 2013
D-CALois CappsOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalJun 26, 2013
R-COMike CoffmanOriginalJun 26, 2013
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 28, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 26, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Jun 26, 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 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1332Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2013Identical billJul 18, 2013
S 2359Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2014Related billMay 20, 2014

Subjects

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

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  1. Jun 26, 2013Introduced in House

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