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HR 1759 107th Congress House

Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment under the Medicare Program for more frequent hemodialysis treatments.

Introduced: May 8, 2001 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative procedureDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperwork
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Home care servicesHospital careKidney diseasesLawMedical economicsMedicareProspective payment systems (Medical care)Quality of careSocial Welfare
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 8, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
May 8, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 22, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish final regulations for equivalent per treatment prospective payment rates for more frequent hemodialysis treatments furnished to qualified individuals at home and in a facility (composite Method I and Method II Cap rates).
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 10, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 16, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 8, 2001
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 10, 2001
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 10, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 20, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1759: Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1759/
MLA
"H.R. 1759: Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1759/.
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H.R. 1759, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1759/.
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