US Congress House Bill 3429 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-07 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-620, Part I.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes a series of changes relating to Medicare coverage and requirements, particularly with respect to military retirees. Specifically, the bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests. The bill also makes other changes to Medicare payment systems for certain items and services. Among other things, the bill (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to specify the criteria used to exclude certain procedures from the list of covered surgical procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgical center under Medicare, and (2) extends the instruction from the CMS for contractors not to enforce the requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.

HEARTS and Rural Relief Act

Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]

Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]

Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-07	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-620, Part I.
2019-06-26	House	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
2019-06-26	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-06-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-06-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
2019-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
2019-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
2019-06-24	House	Introduced in House

HB2293 (Related) 2019-04-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB2371 (Related) 2019-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB3416 (Same As) 2019-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3431 (Related) 2019-06-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3433 (Related) 2019-06-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3429/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3429/BILLS-116hr3429ih.pdf