HR 541 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act

Latest action · Jan 13, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) issue guidance to states that identifies permissible methods for calculating certain supplemental payments, excluding disproportionate-share payments, made by state Medicaid programs to providers; and (2) establish annual reporting and auditing requirements for states making such supplemental payments. Federal payment with respect to such supplemental payments shall be conditioned upon a state's compliance with these reporting and auditing requirements.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 13, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXBill FloresOriginalJan 13, 2017
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalJan 13, 2017
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalJan 13, 2017
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalJan 13, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jan 13, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
  2. Jan 13, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to thefollowing: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 9, January 13, 2017, page H547.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2151Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments ActReintroduction ofMay 1, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the calculation, oversight, and accountability of non-DSH supplemental payments under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House

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