US Congress House Bill 962 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-7)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of diabetes prevention program services to an eligible diabetes prevention program individual. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the criteria for a diabetes prevention program in accordance with the standards under the National Diabetes Prevention Program established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Excludes items and services under a diabetes prevention program from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. Includes: (1) items and services under a diabetes prevention programs among federally qualified health center services, (2) rates of referrals of eligible individuals to diabetes prevention programs among the quality measures for covered professional services in the Medicare physician quality reporting system, and (3) an individual's diabetes risk assessment in the individual's Medicare personalized prevention plan. Expresses the sense of the House that the National Diabetes Prevention Program presents an opportunity for states to reduce the incidence of diabetes among individuals enrolled in their Medicaid programs.

Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-05	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-03-05	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-03-05	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.

SB452 (Related) 2013-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/962/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr962/BILLS-113hr962ih.pdf