Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
Latest action · Feb 5, 2016 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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2016 to Jul 12, 2016; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-TN | Stephen Lee Fincher | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Feb 2, 2016 |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | May 13, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 26, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Jul 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 Feb 2, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2016 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 2, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2016Referred 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. 162, no. 19, February 2, 2016, page H496.
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. 114-653 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201720 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 6, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2832 | Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 | Related bill | Apr 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 ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2016Introduced 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.
