US HB3730 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-09-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative manual 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, manual 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.)

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Title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs and accessories.

Sponsors

Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Steve King [R-IA]Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. James Comer [R-KY]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-09-15HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-09-11HouseReferred 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.
2017-09-11HouseReferred 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.
2017-09-11HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB1361 (Related) 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB486 (Related) 2017-03-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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