HR 1151 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

Introduced Feb 27, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Marsha Blackburn R-TN

Latest action · Mar 27, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 27, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the scope and responsibilities of the United States Preventive Services Task Force to require it to: (1) publish research plans to guide its review of scientific evidence relating to the effectiveness of preventive services; (2) make evidence reports and recommendations available for public comment; (3) establish a system for grading preventive care (Grades A, B, C, and D and a Grade I for insufficient information); and (4) convene a preventive services stakeholders board to provide feedback on Task Force activities and recommend preventive services and scientific evidence for the Task Force to review. Members of the Task Force and the preventive services stakeholders board are considered federal employees for purposes of disclosure and management of conflicts of interest.

The Government Accountability Office must submit a report that: (1) lists current recommendations of the Task Force; (2) compares Task Force recommendations and recommendations of other federal health agencies, national medical professional societies, and patient and disease advocacy organizations; and (3) analyzes the impact of Task Force recommendations on public and private insurance coverage, access, and outcomes, including the impact on morbidity and mortality.

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the authority of HHS to make no payment for a preventive service that has not been graded by the Task Force.

Cosponsors 73

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2015 to Dec 2, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 27, 2015
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Mar 17, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 25, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe		Apr 15, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Apr 16, 2015
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 16, 2015
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 22, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		May 12, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		May 12, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		May 12, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		May 15, 2015
D-GA	David Scott		May 21, 2015
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		May 21, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 21, 2015
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jun 9, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jun 9, 2015
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Jun 9, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jun 9, 2015
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jun 9, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Jun 9, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 9, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jun 10, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jun 17, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 18, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jun 25, 2015
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Jul 7, 2015
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 7, 2015
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 10, 2015
R-CA	Mimi Walters		Jul 13, 2015
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Jul 14, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 15, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Jul 21, 2015
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jul 21, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Jul 21, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jul 27, 2015
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Sep 9, 2015
D-FL	Gwen Graham		Sep 17, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Oct 9, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 20, 2015
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 1, 2016
D-HI	Mark Takai		Mar 1, 2016
R-MD	Andy Harris		Mar 3, 2016
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Mar 7, 2016
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Mar 22, 2016
R-TN	Diane Black		Apr 14, 2016
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 18, 2016
R-KY	Andy Barr		May 23, 2016
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		May 23, 2016
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 23, 2016
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 23, 2016
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 23, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		May 23, 2016
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		May 23, 2016
R-TX	Lamar Smith		May 27, 2016
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jun 3, 2016
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jun 3, 2016
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Jun 7, 2016
R-AL	Martha Roby		Jun 8, 2016
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Jun 8, 2016
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jul 1, 2016
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Jul 7, 2016
R-IA	Rod Blum		Jul 11, 2016
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jul 14, 2016
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 14, 2016
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Sep 6, 2016
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Sep 6, 2016
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Sep 14, 2016
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Sep 20, 2016
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Sep 21, 2016
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Sep 26, 2016
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Sep 27, 2016
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Nov 16, 2016
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Dec 2, 2016

Withdrew 1 Adam B. Schiff D-CA Oct 23, 2015

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 Feb 27, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 6, 2015
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Feb 27, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 27, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2015Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 34, February 27, 2015, page H1500.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 114-176	EXAMINING THE UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE63 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Nov 30, 2016

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44232	Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch Archived	Report	Dec 9, 2016

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1151	USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015	Related bill	Apr 30, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to revise the operations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 27, 2015Introduced in House

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