US Congress House Bill 2788 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-10)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes a series of changes to criteria, requirements, and payments for rural health clinics under Medicare. Among other things, the bill (1) allows rural health clinics that are not directed by physicians to enter into arrangements with physician assistants or nurse practitioners that generally comply with state laws (regarding scope of practice), rather than other specific requirements; (2) allows rural health clinics to serve as the distant site for purposes of telehealth services; and (3) beginning in 2020, increases the maximum payment rate per visit for rural health clinics.

Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act of 2019

Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. James Comer [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-05-16	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.
2019-05-16	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.
2019-05-16	House	Introduced in House

SB1037 (Same As) 2019-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2788/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2788/BILLS-116hr2788ih.pdf