US HB4127 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the limitation on certain physician referrals any request by a physician, after a patient is admitted to a hospital, for a consultation by a radiation oncologist that results in an order for radiation therapy.
Title
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain requests by physicians for consultations by radiation oncologists from the limitation on certain physician referrals under Medicare.
Sponsors
| Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV] | Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV] | Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI] | Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV] |
| Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN] | Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC] | Rep. Tom Price [R-GA] | Rep. David Roe [R-TN] |
| Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2012-03-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2012-03-01 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2012-03-01 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2012-03-01 | 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. |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4127/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4127/BILLS-112hr4127ih.pdf |
