Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015
Latest action · Jun 16, 2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 116.
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 29, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (in effect, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS]) to revise for 2017, and periodically afterwards, the system for risk adjustments to payments to Medicare+Choice organizations so that an individual's risk score takes into account the number of chronic conditions with which the individual has been diagnosed.
HHS must, including an actuarial opinion of the CMS Chief Actuary, evaluate the impacts of:
- including two years of data to compare the models used to determine the risk scores for 2013 and 2014,
- removing the diagnosis codes related to chronic kidney disease in the 2014 risk adjustment model, and
- including 10% of encounter data in computing payment for 2016 and CMS readiness to incorporate encounter data in risk scores.
HHS shall also analyze the best practices of MedicareAdvantage (MA) plans to slow disease progression related to chronic kidney disease.
HHS shall then, if appropriate, make revisions to the risk adjustment system, based on such an evaluation or analysis, to better reflect and appropriately weight for the population served.
(Sec. 3) Congress declares that the MA star rating system lacks proper accounting for the socioeconomic status of plan enrollees and the extent to which those plans serve individuals also eligible for medical assistance under SSAct title XIX (Medicaid).
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 29, 2015 to Jun 3, 2015; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | May 29, 2015 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | May 29, 2015 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 29, 2015 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jun 3, 2015 |
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 29, 2015Markup Jun 2, 2015Reported Jun 16, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2015 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 29, 2015Discharged Jun 16, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 2015 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-160, Part I.
- Jun 16, 2015Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Jun 16, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 116.
- Jun 5, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 3, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 2, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 2, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 29, 2015Introduced in House
- May 29, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 12, 2015H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 2, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 84, May 29, 2015, page H3582.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2197 | Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015 | Related bill | Oct 22, 2015 |
| HR 2582 | Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jun 18, 2015 |
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 to improve the risk adjustment under the Medicare Advantage program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2015Reported in House
- May 29, 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.
