US Congress House Bill 1130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-27-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicare payments for dialysis services provided to individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and acute kidney injury. Extends the time period when a private health insurer, in determining benefits, cannot consider a group health insurance enrollee's ESRD or entitlement to Medicare coverage due to ESRD. Makes individuals with ESRD eligible for Medicare Advantage. Allows dialysis facilities to provide kidney disease education services and allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, or clinical nurse specialists to refer individuals to those services. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an ESRD Care Coordination program to provide higher Medicare payments to nephrologists, dialysis facilities, and other providers that reduce spending on ESRD by being part of a coordinated care organization. Amends the Public Health Service Act to include dialysis as a service provided by the National Health Service Corps in health professional shortage areas. Makes nephrologists and non-physician practitioners who provide dialysis eligible for the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and Loan Repayment Program. Requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report identifying gaps in chronic kidney disease research and comparing research funding to expenditures on disease treatment. Requires HHS to study the causes of kidney disease and efforts to treat kidney disease in disproportionately affected minority populations.

Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015

Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Cresent Hardy [R-NV]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-02-26	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.
2015-02-26	House	Introduced in House

SB598 (Related) 2015-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1166; text of measure as introduced: CR S1166-1168)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1130/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1130/BILLS-114hr1130ih.pdf