US Congress House Bill 2573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes a series of changes relating to payment and coverage of home health services under Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA). Specifically, the bill allows the home-confinement requirement (also known as the homebound requirement) for home health services to be waived under Medicare and MA. Currently, as a condition of eligibility for such services, a physician must certify that an individual has difficulty leaving home without assistance (e.g., a wheelchair, special transportation, or help from another person) due to an illness or injury. The bill also alters the payment methodology under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services, including by eliminating the requirement that such methodology include certain behavioral assumptions regarding the implementation of specified changes to units of payment and case-mix adjustment factors.

Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019

Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]	Rep. Jody Arrington [R-TX]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Green [R-TN]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. James Comer [R-KY]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Carol Miller [R-WV]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Fred Keller [R-PA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]
Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Guest [R-MS]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]
Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-05-08	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.
2019-05-08	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.
2019-05-08	House	Introduced in House

SB433 (Same As) 2019-02-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1167)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2573/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2573/BILLS-116hr2573ih.pdf