US Congress House Bill 1186 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 31-3)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if they meet certain requirements. Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal provisions: (1) postponing from August 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, the date by which physician-owned hospitals must have a provider agreement in order to participate in Medicare under a rural provider and hospital exception to the physician-ownership or -investment prohibition if they also meet certain requirements addressing conflicts of interest, bona fide investments, patient safety issues, and expansion limitations; and (2) modifying the expansion limitation imposed on such a rural hospital Restores related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA as if PPACA had not been enacted.

To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.

Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Benjamin Quayle [R-AZ]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-17	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-03-17	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-03-17	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.

HB1159 (Related) 2011-03-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1186/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1186/BILLS-112hr1186ih.pdf