HR 1453 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Introduced Mar 18, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Devin Nunes R-CA

Latest action · Mar 27, 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.

IntroducedMar 18, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require alignment of updates for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services under a revised prospective payment system (PPS) with updates for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services.

Revises requirements for the reporting and applying of quality measure data by ASCs and hospital OPDs.

Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to consult during the annual review of the clinical integrity of the groups and payment weights in the PPS for OPD services. Requires the panel to include suppliers subject to the PPS as well as at least one ASC representative.

Requires the Secretary, when excluding from a final rule updating ASC lists a procedure whose inclusion was requested during the public comment period, to cite in the final rule specific criteria based on which the procedure was excluded. Requires the Secretary also to identify the peer reviewed research or the evidence upon which the exclusion is based if certain of those criteria are cited for it. Prohibits the Secretary from using or citing as a criterion or a basis for an exclusion that the procedure can only be reported using a Current Procedural Terminology unlisted surgical procedure code.

Cosponsors 92

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2015 to Dec 8, 2016; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-AZ	David Schweikert	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-IL	Randy Hultgren	Original	Mar 18, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Mar 18, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Mar 24, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 24, 2015
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Mar 24, 2015
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Apr 14, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Apr 15, 2015
R-IN	Todd Young		Apr 22, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		May 12, 2015
R-TX	Sam Johnson		May 18, 2015
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		May 19, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 10, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Jun 10, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 24, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Jun 25, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jul 9, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jul 13, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 21, 2015
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 22, 2015
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 31, 2015
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 31, 2015
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Oct 6, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Oct 8, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Oct 8, 2015
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Oct 16, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass		Oct 20, 2015
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Oct 20, 2015
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Oct 21, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Oct 23, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Oct 26, 2015
R-GA	Tom Price		Oct 27, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Nov 2, 2015
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Nov 3, 2015
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Nov 3, 2015
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Nov 4, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Nov 4, 2015
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Nov 16, 2015
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Nov 16, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Nov 18, 2015
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Nov 19, 2015
R-OR	Greg Walden		Dec 8, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Dec 15, 2015
D-CA	Ami Bera		Feb 9, 2016
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Feb 24, 2016
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Feb 24, 2016
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 14, 2016
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Mar 17, 2016
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Apr 12, 2016
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Apr 12, 2016
D-TX	Al Green		May 10, 2016
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		May 26, 2016
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Jun 7, 2016
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Jun 14, 2016
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jun 15, 2016
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jun 28, 2016
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jul 6, 2016
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 6, 2016
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jul 6, 2016
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 6, 2016
D-CA	John Garamendi		Sep 7, 2016
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Sep 12, 2016
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Sep 13, 2016
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Sep 13, 2016
R-TX	Roger Williams		Sep 13, 2016
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Sep 14, 2016
R-MO	Sam Graves		Sep 14, 2016
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 14, 2016
R-MD	Andy Harris		Nov 15, 2016
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Nov 18, 2016
D-NY	Grace Meng		Dec 8, 2016

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 Mar 18, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 20, 2015
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 18, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 27, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 20, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2015Introduced in House
Mar 18, 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: Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 46, March 18, 2015, page H1771.

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. 114-23	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 356, H.R. 832, H.R. 1994, H.R. 2133, H.R. 2275, H.R. 2344, H.R. 2360, H.R. 2361, AND A DRAFT BILL ENTITLED "TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TRANSFER OF UNUSED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS UNDER THE POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"206 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Jun 2, 2015

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2071	Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015	Identical bill	Sep 24, 2015
S 3371	Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act of 2016	Related bill	Sep 21, 2016

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 modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 18, 2015Introduced in House

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