SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 21, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 353.
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.
- IntroducedJul 6, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Special Needs Plans Reauthorization Act of 2017 or the SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill allows a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, until 2024, to restrict plan enrollment to certain special-needs individuals, provided that the plan meets specified applicable requirements. Current law allows an MA plan to do so until 2019.
The Federal Coordinated Health Care Office within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall serve as a dedicated point of contact for states with regard to special-needs MA plans for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. The CMS shall establish a unified process for grievances and appeals for individuals enrolled in such plans.
The CMS must, with respect to special-needs MA plans for individuals with chronic conditions, convene a panel of clinical advisors to establish and update the list of chronic conditions that make an individual eligible for participation in such a plan.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must study and report to Congress on health outcomes of individuals enrolled in specialized MA plans.
The CMS shall, with respect to special-needs MA plans, consider applying certain quality measures at the plan level rather than at the contract level.
The GAO must report to Congress on state-level integration between the Medicaid program and special-needs MA plans for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.
(Sec. 3) Beginning in plan year 2020, an MA plan may provide certain supplemental benefits to chronically ill enrollees.
The GAO must report to Congress on the provision of such supplemental benefits to MA enrollees.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 6, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Jul 6, 2017 |
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 Jul 6, 2017Markup Jul 13, 2017Reported Dec 21, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2017 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 6, 2017Discharged Dec 21, 2017 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-478, Part I.
- Dec 21, 2017Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Dec 21, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 353.
- Jul 13, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 13, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 7, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 6, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 6, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 31, 2017H.R. 3168, Special Needs Plans Reauthorization Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 13, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 114, July 6, 2017, page H5386.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 870 | Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 | Related bill | Sep 29, 2017 |
| HR 1892 | Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 | Related bill | Feb 9, 2018 |
| HR 3044 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage enrollees under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 5, 2017 |
| HR 4579 | Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 | Related bill | Dec 8, 2017 |
| HR 4820 | ASK Act | Related bill | Jan 23, 2018 |
Titles 3
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 continued access to specialized Medicare Advantage plans for special needs individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017
- Special Needs Plans Reauthorization Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and paralysis
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 6, 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.
