HR 3776 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Stark Administrative Simplification Act

Introduced Dec 16, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Charles W. Boustany, Jr. R-LA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 20, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedDec 16, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stark Administrative Simplification Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prescribe a single civil monetary penalty as an alternative sanction to those already established for compensation arrangements between a physician (or an immediate family member) and a person or entity that is in violation of the limitation on certain physician referrals (Stark Law) solely due to technical noncompliance.

(The Stark law, or Stark Rule, prohibits physician referrals of certain health services for Medicare and Medicaid patients to a specified entity if the physician, or an immediate family member, has a financial relationship with that entity.)

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to accept the voluntary disclosure of a technically noncomplaint compensation arrangement by a person or entity in violation of the Stark Law under certain circumstances.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2013 to Jul 31, 2014, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalDec 16, 2013
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalDec 16, 2013
D-WIRon KindOriginalDec 16, 2013
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanJan 14, 2014
R-WIReid J. RibbleJan 14, 2014
R-INTodd YoungJan 16, 2014
R-TXMichael C. BurgessFeb 5, 2014
R-KSMike PompeoFeb 5, 2014
R-ILAaron SchockFeb 28, 2014
R-KSLynn JenkinsMar 11, 2014
R-MIBill HuizengaMar 14, 2014
D-TNJim CooperMar 24, 2014
R-KYBrett GuthrieApr 1, 2014
R-FLThomas J. RooneyApr 1, 2014
R-INTodd RokitaApr 7, 2014
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 20, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Dec 16, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Dec 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.

Subjects

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

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  1. Dec 16, 2013Introduced in House

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