Bill Sponsor
House Bill 3178
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017
Active
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Passed House on Jul 25, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 11, 2017
Latest Action
Jul 26, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3178
Congress
115
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Texas
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
Michigan
Republican
Mississippi
Republican
New Jersey
Democrat
New Jersey
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on July 25, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6233-6235)
Summary

Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to:

  • establish a transitional Medicare payment system with respect to certain home infusion services;
  • extend the Medicare Intravenous Immune Globulin demonstration project and provide for participants to be automatically reenrolled in the project;
  • specify that, for purposes of determining the reasonableness and medical necessity of orthotics and prosthetics, documentation created by an orthotist or prosthetist shall be considered part of a beneficiary's medical record;
  • allow renal dialysis facilities to be accredited for Medicare participation by an approved accreditation body;
  • allow Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to receive certain ESRD-related visits via telehealth;
  • codify certain rules regarding signature requirements and holdover arrangements as they relate to prohibitions against physician self-referrals; and
  • beginning in FY2021, reduce funding available to the Medicare Improvement Fund by an amount equal to the amount of projected expenditures attributable to specified provisions of the bill.
Text (3)
July 26, 2017
July 25, 2017
July 11, 2017
Actions (14)
07/26/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
07/25/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
07/25/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6233-6235)
07/25/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6233-6235)
07/25/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3178.
07/25/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6233-6239)
07/25/2017
Mr. Brady (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
07/25/2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-254, Part I.
07/14/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
07/13/2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
07/13/2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
07/11/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
07/11/2017
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.
07/11/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:37:28 PM