Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014
Latest action · Jun 19, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 19, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining a hospital's excess readmission ratio for purposes of making payments for discharges starting in FY2016, to risk adjust readmissions to account for patient socioeconomic status.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2014 to Sep 16, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jun 19, 2014 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Jun 19, 2014 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jun 19, 2014 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Jul 17, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 16, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jun 19, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2014Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
