PACE Act of 2015
Latest action · Jun 3, 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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Access, Competition, and Equity Act of 2015 or the PACE Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to ease application criteria and procedures for physician-owned hospitals to expand their facilities. Under current law, expansion of physician-owned hospitals is subject to certain limitations, such as those regarding the extent and frequency of expansion and requiring community output. The bill suspends these limitations with respect to applications for expansion filed before October 1, 2019.
Following the end of this suspension period, hospitals with consistently high quality ratings are included among those hospitals that may apply to expand their facilities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may not alter the methodology for computing a hospital's quality rating before October 1, 2019.
With respect to hospitals under development as of March 23, 2010, the bill extends to May 1, 2015, the date by which a hospital may qualify for an exception to the ownership or investment prohibition on physician self-referrals.
The bill also: (1) exempts physician-owned hospitals from specified documentation and coding adjustments, and (2) extends reductions in certain inflationary increases associated with Medicare payments for inpatient hospital services.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2015 to Sep 12, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | May 21, 2015 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Oct 6, 2015 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Oct 26, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Mike Pompeo | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | May 17, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | May 17, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | May 19, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Sep 12, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 21, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2015 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 21, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 22, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in House
- May 21, 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.
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. 79, May 21, 2015, page H3562.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-668 | EXAMINING THE STARK LAW: CURRENT ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES84 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 12, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Promoting Access, Competition, and Equity Act of 2015
- PACE Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2015Introduced in House
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.
