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HR 2820 111th Congress House

GPCI Justice Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to transition to the use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for the physician fee schedule… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to transition to the use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for the physician fee schedule in California under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: June 11, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health CaliforniaHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 11, 2009
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.
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 11, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 12, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

GPCI Justice Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the geographic practice cost index (GPCI) for adjustments to physician fee schedule areas, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise the fee schedule areas for California to use the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) iterative Geographic Adjustment Factor methodology, in accordance with specified requirements.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1236 Identical bill GPCI Justice Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
BONO MACK, MARY
· Jun 11, 2009
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jun 11, 2009
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 11, 2009
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jun 11, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2820: GPCI Justice Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2820/
MLA
"H.R. 2820: GPCI Justice Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2820/.
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H.R. 2820, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2820/.
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