Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Hospital care

Bill Introduced: H.R.1787 Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

Bill Introduced: S.842 Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

Bill Introduced: S.800 Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center at Harlingen, located in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to redesignate such center, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.739 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1531 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

2013-04-11T20:00:00Z

To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1484 Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2013

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians' services.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1487 Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act of 2013

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback and other sanctions for incentive payments made by hospitals to physicians under certain incentive payment programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1453 Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1326 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1390 Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1250 Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

2013-03-18T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare integrity program, to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1179 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1201 Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.577 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.569 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1180 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

March 12, 2013: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-04T19:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.252 Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Reauthorization Act

2013-02-06T19:00:00Z

A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.