Emergency Care Improvement Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Care Improvement Act
This bill permanently allows for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers. The bill takes effect May 11, 2023.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2023 to Apr 23, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Apr 13, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Apr 20, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Apr 20, 2023 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | May 31, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Jun 22, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Apr 23, 2024 |
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 Mar 22, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 31, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 31, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 22, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 52, March 22, 2023, page H1327.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Emergency Care Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2023Introduced 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.
