US Congress House Bill 4945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes certain requirements relating to Medicare coverage of ventilators. Specifically, the bill (1) excludes ventilators and other covered respiratory items, as specified, from Medicare's competitive acquisition program (in which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule); and (2) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a technical expert panel to review, and make recommendations regarding, national coverage determinations with respect to Medicare coverage of ventilators and other specified respiratory devices.

Safeguarding Medicare Access to Respiratory Therapy Act of 2019

Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth [R-IN]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Dan Bishop [R-NC]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-10-31	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.
2019-10-31	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.
2019-10-31	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4945/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4945/BILLS-116hr4945ih.pdf