US Congress House Bill 1221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 91-53)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

HELLPP Act Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program. Amends SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes regarding the processes of: (1) documentation by a physician of, and certification of a comprehensive plan of care related to, the diabetic condition; (2) prescription by a podiatrist or other qualified physician upon a finding of the medical necessity for the therapeutic shoes, including findings communicated to a certifying doctor of medicine or osteopathy of certain related foot conditions; and (3) fitting and supplying the shoes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject to the continuing levy upon property and property rights, for collection of unpaid taxes, any payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier.

HELLPP Act Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act

Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-03	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-03-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-03	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.
2015-03-03	House	Introduced in House

SB626 (Same As) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1221/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1221/BILLS-114hr1221ih.pdf