HR 4838 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 26, 2019 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. IntroducedOct 23, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2019 to Nov 5, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalOct 23, 2019
R-NEJeff FortenberryDec 4, 2019
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.Jan 7, 2020
R-NEDon BaconJan 24, 2020
D-TXHenry CuellarFeb 3, 2020
D-IACynthia AxneApr 10, 2020
D-NMDebra A. HaalandApr 10, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaApr 10, 2020
D-CAZoe LofgrenApr 10, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattyJun 8, 2020
D-MAStephen F. LynchJun 8, 2020
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasAug 7, 2020
D-AZRuben GallegoAug 14, 2020
D-CAHarley RoudaAug 25, 2020
D-CASusan A. DavisAug 28, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Oct 23, 2019Referred 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.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4151SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services ActRelated billJul 2, 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House

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