US Congress House Bill 3320 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on October 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-10-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Ventricular Assist Device Access Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise the Medicare national coverage determination relating to coverage of ventricular assist devices to extend the coverage of such devices under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for individuals approved for heart transplantation to apply also to: (1) individuals undergoing an evaluation to determine candidacy for heart transplantation; and (2) individuals who would be heart transplant candidates, but are not so eligible because of a contraindication that may be favorably modified by the use of a ventricular assist device. Directs the Secretary to use specified processes to revise its national coverage determination relating to ventricular assist devices to incorporate the requirements of this Act.

Medicare Ventricular Assist Device Access Act of 2013

Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]
Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-10-23	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-10-23	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-10-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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/113th-congress/house-bill/3320/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3320/BILLS-113hr3320ih.pdf