Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 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.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements.
An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.
Cosponsors 48
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2017 to Nov 2, 2018; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 5, 2017 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Apr 5, 2017 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Apr 5, 2017 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Apr 5, 2017 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | May 17, 2017 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 16, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Jun 29, 2017 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 10, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 10, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 23, 2018 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | May 23, 2018 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 24, 2018 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | May 24, 2018 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | May 29, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 13, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 24, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Aug 14, 2018 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Sep 5, 2018 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Nov 2, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 Apr 5, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 5, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 17, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 7, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 5, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 5, 2017Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 59, April 5, 2017, page H2754.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 769 | Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Mar 29, 2017 |
| HR 4614 | Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Mar 1, 2016 |
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 align physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers with State requirements.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 5, 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.
