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H.R. 3178 (115th): Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017

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About the bill

Source: Republican Policy Committee

Medicare is the federal program that pays for covered health care services of qualified beneficiaries, which include individuals age 65 or older as well as those permanently disabled under the age of 65. In FY2017, the program will cover approximately 58 million people (49 million aged and 9 million disabled) at a total cost of $715 billion.

Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing care, hospice, and some health services. Medicare Part B covers physician services, outpatient services, and some home health and preventive services like clinical research, ambulatory, durable medical equipment, mental health, second opinions, and limited outpatient prescription drugs.

H.R. 3178 amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the delivery of home infusion therapy and dialysis as well as the application of the …

Sponsor and status

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Kevin Brady

Sponsor. Representative for Texas's 8th congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Jul 26, 2017
Length: 24 pages
Introduced
Jul 11, 2017
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Enacted Via Other Measures

Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.

This bill was incorporated into:

H.R. 1892: H.R. 1892: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; SUSTAIN Care Act of 2018; Honoring Hometown Heroes Act
Enacted — Signed by the President on Feb 9, 2018. (compare text)
Cosponsors

10 Cosponsors (6 Republicans, 4 Democrats)

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Position statements

What legislators are saying

“Smith Co-Sponsors, Votes Yes on Medicare Improvement”
    — Rep. Christopher “Chris” Smith [R-NJ4] (Co-sponsor) on Jul 25, 2017

“Passed: House Advances the Medicare Part B Improvement Act”
    — Rep. Patrick “Pat” Tiberi [R-OH12, 2001-2018] (Co-sponsor) on Jul 25, 2017

“Matsui Applauds Inclusion of IVIG Demo in House-Passed Medicare Part B Improvement Act”
    — Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA7] on Jul 25, 2017

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What stakeholders are saying

R Street Institute SpendingTracker.org estimates H.R. 3178 will save $4 million through 2027.

History

May 18, 2017
 
Final Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1892 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 3178 (115th).
Jul 11, 2017
 
Introduced

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Jul 13, 2017
 
Ordered Reported

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Jul 25, 2017
 
Passed House (Senate next)

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Jul 25, 2017
 
Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means

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Nov 28, 2017
 
Final Bill — Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

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Feb 6, 2018
 
Final Bill — Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)

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Feb 9, 2018
 
Final Bill — Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1892 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 3178 (115th).
Feb 9, 2018
 
Final Bill — House Agreed to Changes

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1892 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 3178 (115th).
Feb 9, 2018
 
Final Bill — Enacted — Signed by the President

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1892 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 3178 (115th).

H.R. 3178 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 3178. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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