Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
Latest action · Mar 17, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants to provide hospice care under Medicare.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2017 to Mar 1, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Mar 2, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 6, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 6, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 6, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Aug 1, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Aug 1, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Sep 8, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Nov 14, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Mar 1, 2018 |
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 Mar 1, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2017 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 36, March 1, 2017, page H1464.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1202 | Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | Mar 27, 2015 |
| S 2214 | Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017 | Related bill | Dec 11, 2017 |
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 provide for the recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced 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.
