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

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.

IntroducedJun 26, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Jun 26, 2013
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 27, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 27, 2013
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jul 10, 2013
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jul 10, 2013
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jul 10, 2013
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jul 10, 2013
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Jul 19, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 19, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jul 19, 2013
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jul 19, 2013
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jul 23, 2013
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Jul 30, 2013
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jul 30, 2013
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jul 30, 2013
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Aug 2, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Aug 2, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Aug 2, 2013
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Aug 2, 2013
D-CT	James A. Himes		Sep 9, 2013
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Sep 9, 2013
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Sep 9, 2013
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 17, 2013
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Sep 17, 2013
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 23, 2013
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Sep 23, 2013
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Sep 23, 2013
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 25, 2013
D-WA	Denny Heck		Sep 26, 2013
R-AK	Don Young		Sep 30, 2013
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 30, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Sep 30, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Oct 1, 2013
R-MO	Sam Graves		Oct 4, 2013
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Oct 22, 2013
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Oct 22, 2013
D-CA	Karen Bass		Oct 22, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Oct 22, 2013
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Oct 22, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Oct 22, 2013
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Oct 22, 2013
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Oct 29, 2013
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Oct 29, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Oct 29, 2013
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Oct 29, 2013
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Oct 29, 2013
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Oct 30, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Nov 15, 2013
R-NY	Chris Collins		Nov 15, 2013
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Nov 15, 2013
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Nov 15, 2013
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Nov 15, 2013
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Nov 15, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		Nov 15, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Nov 15, 2013
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Nov 15, 2013
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Nov 21, 2013
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Nov 21, 2013
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Dec 9, 2013
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Dec 9, 2013
D-CA	John Garamendi		Dec 9, 2013
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Dec 9, 2013
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Dec 9, 2013
R-IA	Tom Latham		Dec 9, 2013
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Dec 12, 2013
R-TX	Pete Olson		Dec 12, 2013
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Jan 16, 2014
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jan 16, 2014
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jan 16, 2014
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jan 16, 2014
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Feb 10, 2014
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Feb 10, 2014
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Feb 11, 2014
D-CO	Jared Polis		Feb 28, 2014
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Feb 28, 2014
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 28, 2014
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Mar 14, 2014
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Mar 14, 2014
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Mar 14, 2014
D-MA	William R. Keating		Mar 14, 2014
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Apr 4, 2014
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 4, 2014
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Apr 4, 2014
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 4, 2014
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Apr 4, 2014
D-NY	William L. Owens		Apr 4, 2014
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Apr 10, 2014
R-NY	Peter T. King		Apr 10, 2014
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Apr 10, 2014
D-IL	Bill Foster		May 2, 2014
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		May 2, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 2, 2014
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		May 2, 2014
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		May 2, 2014
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		May 2, 2014
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		May 2, 2014
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 29, 2014
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		May 29, 2014
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		May 29, 2014
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		May 29, 2014
D-CA	Juan Vargas		May 29, 2014
D-NY	Paul Tonko		May 29, 2014
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 29, 2014
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 29, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jun 12, 2014
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Jun 12, 2014
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jun 12, 2014
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jun 12, 2014
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Jun 12, 2014
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jun 20, 2014
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 20, 2014
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 20, 2014
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jun 20, 2014
R-IN	Todd Young		Jun 20, 2014
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 3, 2014
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 3, 2014
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Jul 3, 2014
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jul 3, 2014
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 11, 2014
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jul 11, 2014
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 30, 2014
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jul 30, 2014
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 30, 2014
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 30, 2014
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jul 30, 2014
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Aug 1, 2014
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Sep 10, 2014
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Sep 10, 2014
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 10, 2014
D-CA	Ami Bera		Sep 16, 2014
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Sep 16, 2014
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Sep 16, 2014
D-WA	Adam Smith		Nov 18, 2014
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Nov 18, 2014
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Nov 18, 2014
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Nov 18, 2014
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Nov 18, 2014
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Nov 18, 2014
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Jan 2, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jan 2, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jan 2, 2015

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 23, 2013
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 28, 2013

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Lists H4079H.R. 2504–2528	—	Jun 26, 2013

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: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is pursuant to the following: 1) Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'' 2) Article I, Section 1- All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4079.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1332	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2013	Identical bill	Jul 18, 2013
S 2359	Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2014	Related bill	May 20, 2014

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 ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 26, 2013Introduced in House

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