US Congress House Bill 560 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that the proportion of members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) who represent the interests of health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries located in rural areas be no less than the proportion of the total number of Medicare beneficiaries who reside in such areas. Directs MEDPAC and MACPAC to provide for full and timely public disclosure of their proceedings via the Internet or other easy public access.

Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act

Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-02-08	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-02-08	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/560/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr560/BILLS-112hr560ih.pdf