To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to promote testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology.
Latest action · Jun 14, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 20, 2017
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 1) This bill specifies that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may test models to provide incentive payments to behavioral health providers for: (1) adopting electronic health records technology, and (2) using that technology to improve the quality and coordination of care.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2017 to May 23, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Ron Estes | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Dec 11, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Apr 9, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| R-GA | Karen C. Handel | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | May 15, 2018 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | May 23, 2018 |
Committees 3
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 20, 2017Markup May 9, 2018Reported Jun 8, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 25, 2018Markup Apr 25, 2018Reported Apr 25, 2018 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017Discharged Jun 8, 2018 |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2018 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 13, 2018Received in the Senate.
- Jun 12, 2018Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 12, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5032-5034)
- Jun 12, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3331.
- Jun 12, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5033)
- Jun 12, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 8, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-720, Part I.
- Jun 8, 2018Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Jun 8, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.
- May 9, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 9, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 25, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 25, 2018Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 25, 2018Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 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 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E835 | Ron Estes R-KS | Jun 13, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5032–H5034Text printed H5032 | Doris O. Matsui D-CA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, Lynn Jenkins R-KS | Jun 12, 2018 |
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
- Jun 7, 2018H.R. 3331, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to promote testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technologyAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 123, July 20, 2017, page H6146.
Printed hearings 2
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. 115-116 | COMBATING THE OPIOID CRISIS: IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID TO PROVIDE CARE FOR PATIENTS476 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 11, 2018–Apr 12, 2018 |
| — | THE OPIOID CRISIS: REMOVING BARRIERS TO PREVENT AND TREAT OPIOID ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE IN MEDICARE106 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Feb 6, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6 | SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act | Related bill | Oct 24, 2018 |
| S 1732 | Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act | Related bill | May 11, 2018 |
Titles 1
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 promote testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 12, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 8, 2018Reported in House
- Jul 20, 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.
