US Congress House Bill 3229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 89-58)
Status: Introduced on July 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-05 - 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. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-07-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-07-27	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-07-27	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-07-27	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.
2015-07-27	House	Introduced in House

SB2196 (Same As) 2015-10-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3229/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3229/BILLS-114hr3229ih.pdf