US SB1776 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on October 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-21 - Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-21 - Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require an update of 0% to the single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2010 and following years. Sunsets as of the end of 2008 the mandatory annual publication in the Federal Register of the sustainable growth rate for all physicians' services for a fiscal year (which is an element in the formula for calculating the update adjustment factor as well as other factors in the determination of the Medicare physician fee schedule).
Title
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009
Sponsors
Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-10-21 | Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614) | |
2009-10-15 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S10465) | |
2009-10-15 | Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S10465; text: CR S10465) | |
2009-10-15 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S10465) | |
2009-10-14 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178. | |
2009-10-13 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | |
2009-10-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10366-10367) |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1776/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1776/BILLS-111s1776pcs.pdf |