US HB1202 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-14)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients.
Title
Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act of 2015
Sponsors
| Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS] | Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA] | Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV] | Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA] |
| Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] | Rep. Don Young [R-AK] | Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR] | Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA] |
| Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN] | Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ] | Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA] |
| Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX] | Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC] | Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA] | Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI] |
| Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT] | Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX] | Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA] | Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA] |
| Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL] | Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA] | Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] | Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA] |
| Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] | Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY] | Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY] | Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU] |
| Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA] | Rep. David Young [R-IA] | Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL] | Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX] |
| Rep. Steve King [R-IA] | Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] | Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT] |
| Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN] | Rep. John Lewis [D-GA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2015-03-06 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2015-03-02 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2015-03-02 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2015-03-02 | 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. |
| 2015-03-02 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1354 (Same As) 2015-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1202/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1202/BILLS-114hr1202ih.pdf |
