CAH Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 22, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJul 1, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Continuing Access to Hospitals Act of 2016 or the CAH Act of 2016
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must report on the effect of extending this instruction on: (1) Medicare beneficiaries, and (2) hospital staffing needs.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 531 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed420–0 | Sep 21, 2016 |
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 1, 2016 to Jul 14, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Jul 1, 2016 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Jul 14, 2016 |
Committees 3
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 Jul 1, 2016 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2016Markup Jul 7, 2016Reported Jul 21, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2016 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2016 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 21, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5740-5741)
- Sep 21, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 531). (text: CR 09/20/2016 H5681)
- Sep 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 20, 2016Ms. Jenkins (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 20, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5681-5682)
- Sep 20, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5613.
- Sep 20, 2016At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 21, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-696, Part I.
- Jul 7, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 7, 2016Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 2, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 1, 2016Introduced in House
- Jul 1, 2016Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H5740enact | — | Sep 21, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5681, H5682Text printed H5681 | Adrian Smith R-NE, David Loebsack D-IA, Lynn Jenkins R-KS | Sep 20, 2016 |
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
- Jul 20, 2016H.R. 5613, Continuing Access to Hospitals Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 7, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 106, July 1, 2016, page H4192.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.
- Short Titles as Passed House
- CAH Act of 2016
- Continuing Access to Hospitals Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 21, 2016Engrossed in House
- Jul 1, 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.
