Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care 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.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act
This bill prohibits payment under Medicare for a prosthesis, custom-fabricated orthosis, or off-the-shelf orthotics that is delivered via a drop shipment (i.e., shipped to an individual who does not have training in how to properly fit or care for the device). It also specifically allows for payment of replacements of custom-fitted devices.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2023 to Aug 13, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Jun 23, 2023 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Jun 23, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jun 23, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Jun 23, 2023 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Aug 18, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Aug 29, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Dec 1, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Dec 1, 2023 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Dec 15, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Feb 5, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 17, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Apr 17, 2024 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Apr 17, 2024 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | May 6, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Aug 13, 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 Jun 23, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 29, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 23, 2023Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H3143H.R. 4315–4326 | — | Jun 23, 2023 |
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. 110, June 23, 2023, page H3143.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MEMBER DAY231 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Sep 14, 2023 |
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 protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to appropriate, safe, effective, patient-centered orthotic and prosthetic care; to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 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.
