Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2552
116th Congress(2019-2020)
PLACE Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 7, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 7, 2019
Latest Action
May 8, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2552
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
New Hampshire
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Protecting Local Access to Care for Everyone Act of 2019 or the PLACE Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to treat certain clinical services that are furnished by an excepted off-campus outpatient department of a provider (i.e., a department that would be considered an off-campus outpatient department but for certain statutory exceptions) during a specified period as though such services were provided on-campus for purposes of Medicare payment. (In November 2018, the CMS issued regulations that applied a lower Medicare payment rate for such services.)

Text (1)
Actions (3)
05/08/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
05/07/2019
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.
05/07/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:15:06 PM