Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014
Latest action · Jun 13, 2014 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 12, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2014 to Dec 11, 2014; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Jun 12, 2014 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jun 12, 2014 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jun 12, 2014 |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Original | Jun 12, 2014 |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Original | Jun 12, 2014 |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Jul 15, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jul 17, 2014 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Jul 23, 2014 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 24, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 29, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 30, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 9, 2014 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Sep 10, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Sep 16, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Sep 16, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Dec 11, 2014 |
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 Jun 12, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 13, 2014 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 12, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2014Referred 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 H5364.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2980 | Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 | Related bill | Dec 4, 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 modify payment under the Medicare program for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2014Introduced in House
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