Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018
Latest action · Sep 17, 2018 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedAug 28, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a pilot program that evaluates the feasibility of using smart card technology to address Medicare fraud. Under the program, smart card technology must be issued free-of-charge to selected Medicare beneficiaries, suppliers, and providers; such technology must support the secure, electronic authentication of beneficiary identity at points of service. In selecting program participants, the CMS must consider the risk of fraud, waste, or abuse among categories of suppliers and providers.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 28, 2018 to Sep 4, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Aug 28, 2018 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Sep 4, 2018 |
Committees 3
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 Aug 28, 2018Markup Sep 5, 2018Reported Sep 10, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 30, 2018 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Aug 28, 2018Discharged Sep 10, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 31, 2018 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2018 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 12, 2018Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 12, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8118-8120)
- Sep 12, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6690.
- Sep 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 H8118-8119)
- Sep 12, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 10, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-936, Part I.
- Sep 10, 2018Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Sep 10, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 727.
- Sep 5, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 5, 2018Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- Aug 31, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Aug 30, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Aug 28, 2018Introduced in House
- Aug 28, 2018Referred 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.
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 H8118–H8120Text printed H8118 | Peter J. Roskam R-IL, Sander M. Levin D-MI | Sep 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
- Sep 12, 2018H.R. 6690, Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 5, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 144, August 28, 2018, page H7776.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a smart card pilot program to combat fraud, waste, and abuse and to protect beneficiary identity under the Medicare program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2018Referred in Senate
- Sep 12, 2018Engrossed in House
- Sep 10, 2018Reported in House
- Aug 28, 2018Introduced in House
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