US HB560 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
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]
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]
Summary
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.
Title
Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act
Sponsors
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] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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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. |
Subjects
Child health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/560/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr560/BILLS-112hr560ih.pdf |