US Congress House Bill 8254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-15 - 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.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.

BETTER Kidney Care Act Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Carol Miller [R-WV]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Michael Guest [R-MS]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]
Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Gregory Pence [R-IN]
Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-15	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.
2020-09-15	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.
2020-09-15	House	Introduced in House

SB4574 (Related) 2020-09-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8254/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8254/BILLS-116hr8254ih.pdf