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To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services.

Introduced: February 14, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 28, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 14, 2001
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.
Feb 14, 2001
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Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a multistate comparative study for a report to Congress on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients by providers of anesthesia services and by type of such providers.

Requires the Secretary to revise any regulations establishing conditions of Medicare participation for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers relating to anesthesia services to provide that nurse anesthetists may furnish such services under: (1) the medical direction of an immediately available anesthesiologist; (2) the supervision of an immediately available physician; or (3) a written collaboration agreement with an immediately available physician or physician group experienced in anesthesia administration and credentialed by the hospital and ambulatory surgical center to participate in such collaboration.

What's happening now March 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 12, 2001
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 17, 2001
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 2, 2001
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 14, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 716: To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-716/
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"H.R. 716: To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-716/.
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H.R. 716, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-716/.
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