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Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008

Introduced: March 6, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2008
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.
Mar 6, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preserving Access to Hospice (PATH) Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary moratorium, from November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2008, on enforcement of the hospice cap amount.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report on: (1) the resource effectiveness and quality of hospice care as a substitute benefit for other acute care alternatives under Medicare; (2) the optimal median and average length of stay in hospice care under Medicare; (3) the reasons for persistently low median and average length of such stays; and (4) the desirability of requiring a national coverage determination of eligibility for hospice care under Medicare.

What's happening now March 10, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3