US HB2143 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 2143 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expands Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals (i.e., the Stark law) to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services. Additionally, the bill establishes increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such referrals.

Title

PIMA of 2019 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2019

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-04-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-04-09	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.
2019-04-09	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.
2019-04-09	House	Introduced in House