Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2021
Latest action · Sep 30, 2021 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 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2021
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of staff-assisted home dialysis services for certain individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of services for ESRD individuals who are either initiating peritoneal or home hemodialysis or receiving home dialysis and are unable to self-dialyze due to illness, injury, caregiver issues, or other temporary circumstances. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must develop a payment system for such services.
The bill also requires the development of a patient-centered decision tool that includes home dialysis as an option, as well as a report on racial disparities with respect to the use of staff-assisted home dialysis services.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2021 to Oct 7, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | Sep 29, 2021 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | May 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 7, 2022 |
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 Sep 29, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 29, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 29, 2021Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2021Referred 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.
- Sep 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 170, September 29, 2021, page H5553.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4486 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
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 Medicare coverage of staff-assisted home dialysis for certain hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients and to ensure all patients are educated on modality options and receive the resources, information, and support to succeed on the modality of their choice, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2021Introduced 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.
