US Congress House Resolution 152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Recognizes: (1) the lifesaving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, (2) the necessity of a specialized ostomy nurse to recommend and customize ostomy prostheses, and (3) that a patient undergoing a surgical procedure that results in the patient needing a prosthetic that manages or restores intestinal or urinary system function should have access to individually prescribed, customized prosthetics that will best meet the patient's needs. Urges: (1) that ostomy products be recognized, categorized, covered, and adequately reimbursed by Medicare in a new payment category of "prosthetic supplies"; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that HHS programs, policies, and payment practices facilitate innovation of and access to medical devices that restore or improve intestinal or urinary system function of individuals with an ostomy.

Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States.

Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-08	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-03-08	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-03-08	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.

SR95 (Related) 2011-03-08 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1412)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/152/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres152/BILLS-112hres152ih.pdf