US Congress House Bill 1361 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories. (A competitive bidding program has replaced the use of established fee schedule amounts to determine payments under Medicare for certain durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs.)

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.

Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-02	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.
2017-03-02	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.
2017-03-02	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.
2017-03-02	House	Introduced in House

SB486 (Related) 2017-03-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3730 (Related) 2017-09-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1361/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1361/BILLS-115hr1361ih.pdf