US HB413 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amends the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to eliminate the two-year delay (until January 1, 2016) of the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement oral-only End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)-related drugs in the ESRD prospective payment system (PPS) under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. (Thus authorizes the Secretary to implement such drugs in the ESRD-PPS immediately.)
Title
To eliminate the 2-year delay in including oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective payment system, as provided under section 632(b)(1) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
Sponsors
| Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA] | Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN] | Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-08 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2013-01-25 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2013-01-23 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2013-01-23 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2013-01-23 | 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. |
Subjects
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Health
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
Drug therapy
Health
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/413/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr413/BILLS-113hr413ih.pdf |
