Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
Latest action · May 11, 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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data Manager information used to determine what, if any, efficiencies exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day.
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2015 to Jan 7, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | May 21, 2015 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | May 21, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | May 21, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 21, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| R-WV | Evan H. Jenkins | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Oct 22, 2015 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Dec 16, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jan 7, 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 Apr 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 1, 2015 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 11, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 11, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 1, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 28, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 62, April 28, 2015, page H2498.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1020 | Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Apr 21, 2015 |
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 ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2015Introduced in House
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