HR 1342 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015

Introduced Mar 6, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Greg Walden R-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 18, 2015 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 6, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015

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 206

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2015 to Dec 7, 2016, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 6, 2015
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 6, 2015
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-ORKurt SchraderOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-CALois CappsOriginalMar 6, 2015
R-KSLynn JenkinsOriginalMar 6, 2015
R-PAMike KellyOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMar 6, 2015
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 6, 2015
D-WIRon KindOriginalMar 6, 2015
R-INTodd YoungOriginalMar 6, 2015
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 13, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Mar 6, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Mar 6, 2015Referred 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.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 578Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015Identical billFeb 26, 2015
S 3435Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016Related billSep 28, 2016

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 6, 2015Introduced in House

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