HR 2799 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

FAST Act

Introduced Jun 17, 2015 Originated House Sponsor H. Morgan Griffith R-VA

Latest action · Jun 23, 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.

IntroducedJun 17, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act or the FAST Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand access to certain stroke telehealth services to any originating site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished, regardless of where the site is located; and (2) waive the facility fee for certain such originating sites.

Cosponsors 171

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jun 17, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Jun 17, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Jun 17, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jun 17, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jun 17, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 7, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jul 8, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 13, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jul 14, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jul 15, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 21, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Jul 21, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jul 23, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 28, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jul 29, 2015
R-NY	John Katko		Jul 29, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Jul 29, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 8, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Sep 8, 2015
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Sep 9, 2015
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Sep 17, 2015
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Sep 18, 2015
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Sep 28, 2015
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Sep 28, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Sep 29, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		Sep 29, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Sep 29, 2015
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Sep 29, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis		Oct 1, 2015
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Oct 6, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Oct 6, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Oct 9, 2015
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Oct 20, 2015
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Oct 21, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind		Oct 21, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Oct 23, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Nov 2, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Nov 5, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Nov 16, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Nov 18, 2015
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Dec 8, 2015
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Dec 8, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Dec 16, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 16, 2015
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Dec 17, 2015
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jan 8, 2016
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Feb 2, 2016
R-TN	David P. Roe		Feb 23, 2016
D-NY	Steve Israel		Feb 23, 2016
R-OR	Greg Walden		Feb 29, 2016
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Feb 29, 2016
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Feb 29, 2016
D-CO	Jared Polis		Mar 2, 2016
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 2, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Mar 2, 2016
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Mar 2, 2016
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 2, 2016
R-IL	John Shimkus		Mar 3, 2016
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Mar 14, 2016
D-NE	Brad Ashford		Mar 14, 2016
R-TN	Diane Black		Mar 14, 2016
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 14, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Mar 14, 2016
D-CA	Lois Capps		Mar 14, 2016
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 16, 2016
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 22, 2016
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Mar 23, 2016
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Mar 23, 2016
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 23, 2016
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Apr 12, 2016
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 12, 2016
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Apr 12, 2016
R-IA	David Young		Apr 12, 2016
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Apr 12, 2016
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 12, 2016
D-HI	Mark Takai		Apr 12, 2016
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 12, 2016
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Apr 12, 2016
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Apr 14, 2016
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Apr 14, 2016
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Apr 14, 2016
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 15, 2016
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Apr 18, 2016
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 18, 2016
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Apr 18, 2016
D-MA	William R. Keating		Apr 18, 2016
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Apr 21, 2016
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Apr 27, 2016
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Apr 29, 2016
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		May 11, 2016
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 11, 2016
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		May 17, 2016
D-WA	Denny Heck		May 18, 2016
R-MO	Jason Smith		May 23, 2016
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 7, 2016
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jun 7, 2016
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jun 7, 2016
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 7, 2016
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 7, 2016
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 7, 2016
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jun 7, 2016
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Jun 7, 2016
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jun 7, 2016
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jun 9, 2016
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Jun 10, 2016
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jun 10, 2016
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Jun 15, 2016
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jun 15, 2016
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 15, 2016
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jun 15, 2016
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jun 15, 2016
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jun 24, 2016
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 24, 2016
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 24, 2016
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jun 24, 2016
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jun 24, 2016
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Jun 24, 2016
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jun 24, 2016
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Jun 24, 2016
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 24, 2016
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Jun 24, 2016
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jun 24, 2016
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jun 24, 2016
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 24, 2016
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jun 28, 2016
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jun 28, 2016
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Jul 7, 2016
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Jul 7, 2016
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Jul 7, 2016
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jul 7, 2016
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 7, 2016
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Jul 7, 2016
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jul 7, 2016
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jul 7, 2016
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 7, 2016
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jul 13, 2016
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jul 13, 2016
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jul 13, 2016
D-FL	Gwen Graham		Jul 13, 2016
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jul 13, 2016
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Jul 13, 2016
R-TX	Will Hurd		Jul 13, 2016
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jul 14, 2016
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 14, 2016
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jul 14, 2016
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Sep 8, 2016
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Sep 8, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 8, 2016
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Sep 8, 2016
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Sep 8, 2016
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 8, 2016
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Sep 8, 2016
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Sep 8, 2016
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Sep 8, 2016
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Sep 8, 2016
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Sep 8, 2016
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Sep 8, 2016
R-GA	Tom Graves		Sep 8, 2016
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Sep 8, 2016
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Sep 9, 2016
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 12, 2016
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Sep 12, 2016
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 13, 2016
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Sep 19, 2016
R-SC	Tom Rice		Sep 19, 2016
R-KY	Andy Barr		Sep 22, 2016
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Sep 22, 2016
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 27, 2016
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Nov 14, 2016
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Nov 14, 2016
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Nov 14, 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 Jun 17, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 19, 2015
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 17, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 23, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 19, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 17, 2015Introduced in House
Jun 17, 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: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 97, June 17, 2015, page H4492.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1465	FAST Act	Identical bill	May 22, 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 expand access to stroke telehealth services under the Medicare program.
Short Titles as Introduced: FAST Act; Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 17, 2015Introduced in House

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