US Congress House Bill 2415 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-45)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the "Medicare and You Handbook." Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow other physicians, registered dietitians, certified diabetes educators, and instructors trained and certified by the National Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach Training program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide, and be independently reimbursed for, intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished outside of the primary care setting, so long as any such nonphysician provider or instructor furnishing the therapy must communicate any recommendation or treatment plan for an individual to the individual's primary care physicians or practitioner. Authorizes the Secretary to cover under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) medication for treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for an overweight individual with one or more comorbidities.

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-06-18	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-06-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-06-18	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.

SB1184 (Related) 2013-06-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2415/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2415/BILLS-113hr2415ih.pdf