US Congress House Bill 3417 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-24 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Extends funding for, and makes a series of changes to, Medicare enrollment, payment, and prescription drug programs. Among other things, the bill extends funding through FY2022 for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment, and certain quality-measurement activities; requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a transition program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for limited-income, newly eligible individuals (i.e., individuals who are eligible for subsidies and have not yet enrolled in, or whose coverage has not yet taken effect under, a Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan); revises payment rules for graduate medical education costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program; and authorizes additional quality measures for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) value-based purchasing program, which provides incentive payments to SNFs based on their quality of care.

BETTER Act of 2019 Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019

Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]

Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-24	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
2020-12-24	House	Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
2020-12-24	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
2019-06-26	House	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
2019-06-26	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-06-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-06-21	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.
2019-06-21	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.
2019-06-21	House	Introduced in House

HB3029 (Related) 2019-06-04 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB3039 (Related) 2019-06-04 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB3406 (Related) 2019-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3408 (Related) 2019-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3415 (Related) 2019-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3421 (Related) 2019-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3425 (Related) 2019-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3430 (Related) 2019-06-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3417/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3417/BILLS-116hr3417ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3417/BILLS-116hr3417rh.pdf