Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 21, 2015 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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data Manager information used to determine what, if any, efficiencies exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2015 to Sep 21, 2015, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | May 20, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | May 22, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jun 16, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Jul 30, 2015 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Aug 3, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Sep 16, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Sep 21, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 21, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2043 | Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 | Identical bill | May 11, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
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