SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
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.
- IntroducedOct 23, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Oct 23, 2019 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Aug 7, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Aug 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Sep 4, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 8, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Sep 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Sep 29, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Oct 9, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Nov 5, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Nov 5, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 26, 2019 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House
- 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.
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. 165, no. 168, October 23, 2019, page H8458.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3348 | SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 20, 2021 |
| S 4151 | SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act | Related bill | Jul 2, 2020 |
Titles 2
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 allow payments under the Medicare program for certain items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient departments of a provider to be determined under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House
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