HR 6855 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imputed rural floor.

Introduced Sep 20, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Thomas MacArthur R-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 27, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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. IntroducedSep 20, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2018 to Sep 27, 2018, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalSep 20, 2018
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalSep 20, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 20, 2018
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalSep 20, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalSep 20, 2018
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalSep 20, 2018
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoOriginalSep 20, 2018
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalSep 20, 2018
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalSep 20, 2018
R-NJLeonard LanceOriginalSep 20, 2018
R-NJRodney P. FrelinghuysenOriginalSep 20, 2018
D-RIJames R. LangevinSep 25, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineSep 27, 2018
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterSep 27, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Sep 20, 2018Introduced in House
  3. Sep 20, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3599Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018Related billOct 11, 2018

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2018Introduced in House

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