US Congress House Bill 2302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-14)
Status: Introduced on June 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services. Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice programs.

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013

Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]
Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-06-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-06-06	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-06-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

SB1053 (Same As) 2013-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3852)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2302/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2302/BILLS-113hr2302ih.pdf