US SB2556 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to appropriate, safe, effective, patient-centered orthotic and prosthetic care, to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes.
Title
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act
Sponsors
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT] | Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] |
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA] | Sen. John Thune [R-SD] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-07-29 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1990 (Related) 2021-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2556/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s2556/BILLS-117s2556is.pdf |