To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.
Latest action · Oct 10, 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.
- IntroducedSep 27, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2018 to Dec 19, 2018; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Original | Sep 27, 2018 |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Original | Sep 27, 2018 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Sep 27, 2018 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Sep 27, 2018 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 9, 2018 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Oct 12, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Oct 26, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Nov 6, 2018 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Dec 10, 2018 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Dec 19, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 Sep 27, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 10, 2018 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 27, 2018Introduced in House
- Sep 27, 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 160, September 27, 2018, page H9151.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3458 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program. | Identical bill | Sep 18, 2018 |
| S 3545 | Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2018 | Related bill | Oct 3, 2018 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2018Introduced 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.
