To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking certain actions with respect to Medicaid supplemental payments reporting requirements, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 17, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedApr 17, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from finalizing or otherwise implementing the proposed rule titled Medicaid Program; Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation, published on November 18, 2019, until two years after the last day of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
The proposed rule establishes new reporting requirements for states with respect to supplemental payments and upper payment limits under Medicaid and generally modifies requirements relating to state Medicaid financing.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 17, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Original | Apr 17, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 Apr 17, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 166, no. 73, April 17, 2020, page H1894.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6379 | Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking certain actions with respect to Medicaid supplemental payments reporting requirements, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- State and local finance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2020Introduced 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.
