Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 18, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedMar 18, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 89 words.
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act This bill specifies certain requirements for private health insurers regarding coverage of individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are also covered under Medicare. In particular, the bill specifies that insurers may not limit benefits, including limiting network composition, in a manner that will affect ESRD Medicare beneficiaries differently compared to others without ESRD. The bill additionally specifies that insurers are not required to include a particular renal dialysis provider or a particular number of such providers as part of their networks.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 156 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 347 words
- Latest action
- Mar 18, 2025: 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.
- 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.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 1173 Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]