US Congress House Bill 5393 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 1 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject any entity certified as a hospice program to a standard survey by an appropriate state or local survey agency, or an approved accreditation agency, at least once every 36 months. Specifies funding from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY2014-FY2016 for such survey requirements. Applies certain rules for the limitation of a beneficiary's liability with respect to denial of a Medicare payment for hospice care provided to an individual for more than 180 days in the same manner as such limitation applies with respect to denial of a payment for items and services as not reasonable or necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury.

Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014

Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]

Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-08-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-08-01	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-08-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5393/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5393/BILLS-113hr5393ih.pdf