US Congress House Bill 1453 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 61-32)
Status: Introduced on March 18 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]

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require alignment of updates for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services under a revised prospective payment system (PPS) with updates for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services. Revises requirements for the reporting and applying of quality measure data by ASCs and hospital OPDs. Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to consult during the annual review of the clinical integrity of the groups and payment weights in the PPS for OPD services. Requires the panel to include suppliers subject to the PPS as well as at least one ASC representative. Requires the Secretary, when excluding from a final rule updating ASC lists a procedure whose inclusion was requested during the public comment period, to cite in the final rule specific criteria based on which the procedure was excluded. Requires the Secretary also to identify the peer reviewed research or the evidence upon which the exclusion is based if certain of those criteria are cited for it. Prohibits the Secretary from using or citing as a criterion or a basis for an exclusion that the procedure can only be reported using a Current Procedural Terminology unlisted surgical procedure code.

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-18	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-03-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-18	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.
2015-03-18	House	Introduced in House

SB2071 (Same As) 2015-09-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1453/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1453/BILLS-114hr1453ih.pdf