HR 976 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015

Introduced Feb 13, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Sam Johnson R-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if they meet certain requirements.

Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) to repeal provisions: (1) postponing from August 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, the date by which physician-owned hospitals must have a provider agreement in order to participate in Medicare under a rural provider and hospital exception to the physician-ownership or -investment prohibition if they also meet certain requirements addressing conflicts of interest, bona fide investments, patient safety issues, and expansion limitations; and (2) modifying the expansion limitation imposed on such a rural hospital

Restores related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA and HCERA as if PPACA or HCERA had not been enacted.

Cosponsors 38

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2015 to Apr 14, 2015; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXBill FloresOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-AZDavid SchweikertOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-KSLynn JenkinsOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXMac ThornberryOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-AZMatt SalmonOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-KSMike PompeoOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-NCRenee L. EllmersOriginalFeb 13, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalFeb 13, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-ARSteve WomackOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-INTodd RokitaOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-INTodd YoungOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-OKTom ColeOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-TXTed PoeFeb 17, 2015
R-LAJohn FlemingFeb 24, 2015
R-INSusan W. BrooksFeb 26, 2015
R-ARJ. French HillMar 3, 2015
R-TXRoger WilliamsMar 3, 2015
R-NEJeff FortenberryMar 16, 2015
R-TXKevin BradyMar 16, 2015
R-PAMike KellyMar 16, 2015
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanMar 17, 2015
R-TXJeb HensarlingApr 14, 2015
R-ALMo BrooksApr 14, 2015
R-LARalph Lee AbrahamApr 14, 2015
R-GATom PriceApr 14, 2015

Withdrew 1 Charles W. Boustany, Jr. R-LA Mar 19, 2015

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2015
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 20, 2015
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2015
Health Subcommittee
Referred Mar 2, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 20, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Feb 13, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Feb 13, 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: Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, giving Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 25, February 13, 2015, page H1070.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1156Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017Reintroduced BillMar 2, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2015Introduced in House

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