US Congress House Bill 1580 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 61-21-1)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program. Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to a MedicareAdvantage plan, once a year during the first three months.

Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011

Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Charles Bass [R-NH]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Ann Buerkle [R-NY]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-15	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-04-15	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-04-15	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.

SB1479 (Related) 2011-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1580/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1580/BILLS-112hr1580ih.pdf