US Congress House Bill 2787 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-8)
Status: Introduced on August 1 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 Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators in an outpatient setting as authorized providers of Medicare diabetes outpatient self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Directs the Comptroller General to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program. Directs the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.

Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011

Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Turner [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-08-01	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.

SB1468 (Same As) 2011-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2787/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2787/BILLS-112hr2787ih.pdf