HR 8702 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Introduced Oct 30, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Ami Bera D-CA

Latest action · Oct 30, 2020 Referred 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.

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 30, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020

This bill temporarily increases payments to providers under Medicare medical services. Specifically, the bill provides an additional payment for certain services in 2021 and 2022 if the otherwise applicable payment is less than what it would have been in 2020. The bill applies to services that are payable under the physician fee schedule, excluding specified outpatient evaluation and management services.

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2020 to Dec 18, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer	Original	Oct 30, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Oct 30, 2020
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Oct 30, 2020
R-NC	George Holding	Original	Oct 30, 2020
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Oct 30, 2020
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Oct 30, 2020
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Oct 30, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Nov 5, 2020
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Nov 5, 2020
R-IN	Jim Banks		Nov 5, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Nov 9, 2020
R-MD	Andy Harris		Nov 16, 2020
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Nov 16, 2020
R-FL	Bill Posey		Nov 16, 2020
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Nov 16, 2020
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Nov 16, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Nov 16, 2020
R-AK	Don Young		Nov 16, 2020
R-IN	James R. Baird		Nov 16, 2020
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Nov 16, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Nov 16, 2020
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Nov 16, 2020
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Nov 16, 2020
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Nov 16, 2020
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Nov 17, 2020
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Nov 17, 2020
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Nov 17, 2020
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Nov 17, 2020
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Nov 18, 2020
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Nov 18, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Nov 18, 2020
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Nov 18, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Nov 18, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Nov 18, 2020
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Nov 19, 2020
R-MI	Fred Upton		Nov 19, 2020
D-CA	John Garamendi		Nov 19, 2020
R-PA	John Joyce		Nov 19, 2020
R-TX	Pete Olson		Nov 19, 2020
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Nov 19, 2020
R-SC	Tom Rice		Nov 19, 2020
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Nov 20, 2020
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Nov 20, 2020
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Nov 20, 2020
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Nov 20, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Nov 24, 2020
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Nov 24, 2020
D-CA	Jim Costa		Nov 24, 2020
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Nov 24, 2020
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Nov 24, 2020
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Nov 30, 2020
R-KY	Andy Barr		Nov 30, 2020
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Nov 30, 2020
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Dec 2, 2020
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Dec 2, 2020
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Dec 2, 2020
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Dec 2, 2020
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Dec 2, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Dec 2, 2020
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Dec 2, 2020
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Dec 2, 2020
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Dec 2, 2020
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Dec 2, 2020
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Dec 2, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Dec 2, 2020
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Dec 2, 2020
R-TN	David Kustoff		Dec 3, 2020
R-NE	Don Bacon		Dec 3, 2020
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Dec 3, 2020
R-MS	Michael Guest		Dec 3, 2020
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Dec 3, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Dec 3, 2020
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Dec 3, 2020
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Dec 4, 2020
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Dec 4, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Dec 4, 2020
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Dec 4, 2020
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Dec 4, 2020
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Dec 4, 2020
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Dec 4, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Dec 4, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Dec 4, 2020
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Dec 4, 2020
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Dec 7, 2020
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Dec 7, 2020
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 7, 2020
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Dec 7, 2020
D-CA	Tj Cox		Dec 7, 2020
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Dec 7, 2020
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Dec 8, 2020
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Dec 8, 2020
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Dec 9, 2020
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Dec 9, 2020
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Dec 9, 2020
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Dec 9, 2020
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Dec 10, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild		Dec 10, 2020
D-WA	Adam Smith		Dec 16, 2020
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Dec 16, 2020
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Dec 16, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto		Dec 16, 2020
D-GA	David Scott		Dec 16, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Dec 16, 2020
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Dec 16, 2020
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Dec 16, 2020
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Dec 16, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Dec 16, 2020
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Dec 17, 2020
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Dec 17, 2020
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Dec 18, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Dec 18, 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 30, 2020
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Oct 30, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 30, 2020Introduced in House
Oct 30, 2020Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 186, October 30, 2020, page H5715.

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 provide for an increase in payment under part B of the Medicare program for certain services in response to COVID-19.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 30, 2020Introduced in House

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