S. 971 became law 105 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015
IntroducedApr 16, 2015
ReportedJun 2, 2015
Passed one chamberApr 22, 2015
Passed bothJul 15, 2015
LawJul 30, 2015
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 76 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it passed the Senate on April 22, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase from a three-year to a five-year period the length of an agreement with an independence at home medical practice under the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 7 of 533 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 301 words
- Subjects
- Home and outpatient careMedicare
- Latest action
- Jul 30, 2015: Became Public Law No: 114-39.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 114th H.R. 2196 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]