US HB4814 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-11)
Status: Introduced on June 9 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 9 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicare payments for dialysis services provided to individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and acute kidney injury. Extends the time period when a private health insurer, in determining benefits, cannot consider a group health insurance enrollee's ESRD or entitlement to Medicare coverage due to ESRD. Makes individuals with ESRD eligible for Medicare Advantage. Allows dialysis facilities to provide kidney disease education services and allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, or clinical nurse specialists to refer individuals to those services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an ESRD Care Coordination program to provide higher Medicare payments to nephrologists, dialysis facilities, and other providers that reduce spending on ESRD by being part of a coordinated care organization. Amends the Public Health Service Act to include dialysis as a service provided by the National Health Service Corps in health professional shortage areas. Makes nephrologists and non-physician practitioners who provide dialysis eligible for the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and Loan Repayment Program. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit a report identifying gaps in chronic kidney disease research and comparing research funding to expenditures on disease treatment. Requires HHS to study the causes of kidney disease and efforts to treat kidney disease in disproportionately affected minority populations.
Title
Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2014
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2014-06-09 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2014-06-09 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2014-06-09 | House | 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. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4814/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4814/BILLS-113hr4814ih.pdf |
