Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
Latest action · May 5, 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 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoogle Act
This bill requires that the Medicare hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas be calculated using state-specific, rather than national, budget neutrality. (The Medicare hospital wage index is used to calculate geographic adjustments to Medicare reimbursements.)Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2017 to Nov 28, 2017; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Apr 28, 2017 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-NC | George Holding | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Mark Walker | Nov 28, 2017 |
Committees 1
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 Apr 28, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 5, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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. 73, April 28, 2017, page H2972.
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 apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 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.
