HR 6226 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

PUSH Act of 2016

Introduced Sep 28, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Tom Price R-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 6, 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.

  1. IntroducedSep 28, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pre-Claims Undermine Seniors' Health Act of 2016 or the PUSH Act of 2016

This bill delays the Medicare demonstration for pre-claim review of home health services and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to report on such pre-claim review. Specifically, CMS shall delay or suspend the demonstration by the later of: (1) one year after either the bill's enactment or the demonstration's scheduled start-date, as applicable; or (2) six months after CMS submits its report. 

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2016 to Dec 8, 2016, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 28, 2016
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalSep 28, 2016
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalSep 28, 2016
R-TXMac ThornberryOriginalSep 28, 2016
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterNov 14, 2016
R-TXJeb HensarlingNov 14, 2016
R-NDKevin CramerNov 14, 2016
R-TXLamar SmithNov 14, 2016
R-KSLynn JenkinsNov 14, 2016
R-TNMarsha BlackburnNov 14, 2016
R-COScott R. TiptonNov 14, 2016
R-WISean P. DuffyNov 14, 2016
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeNov 14, 2016
R-TXJohn RatcliffeNov 16, 2016
R-TXPete SessionsNov 16, 2016
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 6, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Sep 28, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Sep 28, 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.

Subjects

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

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 28, 2016Introduced in House

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