Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act
Latest action · Dec 6, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
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 14, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act
(Sec. 2) This bill increases civil and criminal penalties relating to false claims and other abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 14, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jul 14, 2017 |
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 Jul 14, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Dec 6, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 21, 2017Markup Sep 13, 2017Reported Sep 13, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 14, 2017Discharged Dec 6, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 27, 2017 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2017Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-448, Part I.
- Dec 6, 2017Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 6, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
- Oct 4, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 4, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 13, 2017Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2017Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jul 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 19, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5925)
- Jul 14, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 14, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5925 | Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL | Jul 18, 2017 |
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
- Nov 13, 2017H.R. 3245, Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 119, July 14, 2017, page H5885.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-47 | EXAMINING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE MEDICARE PROGRAM214 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 20, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1892 | Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 | Related bill | Feb 9, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase civil money penalties and criminal fines for Federal health care program fraud and abuse, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 14, 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.
