US Congress House Bill 2694 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Firewall Act of 2011 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, to defund as of the end of FY2011: (1) the convening of multi-stakeholder groups for input into the selection of health care quality measures, (2) the Independence at Home Demonstration Program, (3) the Community-Based Care Transitions Program, (4) the demonstration project on separate payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for complex diagnostic laboratory tests, (5) outreach and assistance for specified state and local low-income programs, (6) the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, (7) evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs, and (8) the pilot program for care of certain individuals residing in emergency declaration areas. Restores to the Medicare Trust Funds unobligated amounts that were originally transferred from them for such programs and activities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on demonstration, pilot, or similar projects undertaken with funding from any of the Medicare Trust Funds, especially those for which the initial period of the project has: (1) not demonstrated that the project has met its objectives, or (2) resulted in net expenditures from the Medicare Trust Funds. Requires the Secretary to include with this report a plan for termination or modification of each such project.

Medicare Firewall Act of 2011

Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-07-29	House	Referred to House Rules
2011-07-29	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-07-29	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-07-29	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Rules, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2694/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2694/BILLS-112hr2694ih.pdf