US Congress House Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 22-6)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the scope and responsibilities of the United States Preventive Services Task Force to require it to: (1) publish research plans to guide its review of scientific evidence relating to the effectiveness of preventive services; (2) make evidence reports and recommendations available for public comment; (3) establish a system for grading preventive care (Grades A, B, C, and D and a Grade I for insufficient information); and (4) convene a preventive services stakeholders board to provide feedback on task force activities and recommend preventive services and scientific evidence for the task force to review. Members of the task force and the preventive services stakeholders board must disclose conflicts of interest. The Government Accountability Office must report on: (1) current recommendations of the task force; (2) task force recommendations and recommendations of other federal health agencies, national medical professional societies, and patient and disease advocacy organizations; and (3) the impact of task force recommendations on insurance coverage, access, and outcomes, including the impact on morbidity and mortality. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise HHS's authority to modify coverage of preventive services. HHS may modify such coverage only based on a task force grade or recommendation that was developed or updated in accordance with this bill. Medicare quality measures related to a recommendation of the task force may only be applied if the recommendation was developed or updated in accordance with this bill.

USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-01-13	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.
2017-01-13	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.
2017-01-13	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.
2017-01-13	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr539/BILLS-115hr539ih.pdf