US Congress House Bill 27 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Small Supplier Fairness in Bidding Competition Act of 2013 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS). Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to report to Congress on the impact of competitive bidding on small clinical laboratories. Includes CMS (solely with respect to its capacity to issue rules governing the Medicare part B fee schedule for clinical laboratory services) as an agency for purposes of the requirement to assure the opportunity for participation of small entities in the making of rules that will have a significant economic impact on them.

Small Supplier Fairness in Bidding Competition Act of 2013

Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
2013-01-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-01-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Small Business
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-01-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/27/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr27/BILLS-113hr27ih.pdf