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HR 3616 113th Congress House

Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to distribute additional information to Medicare beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 21, 2014 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Nov 22, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 21, 2013
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.
Nov 21, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 22, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the HHS Office of Inspector General, and the Attorney General to report annually to Congress and the public on health care fraud schemes targeted to seniors and steps being taken to combat such schemes and to educate seniors about them.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) disseminate such reports through mechanisms that reach the most Medicare beneficiaries, and (2) mail to each Medicare beneficiary a list of the top 10 most prevalent health care fraud schemes.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5
Braley, Bruce
· May 1, 2014
GREEN, GENE
· Mar 21, 2014
MATHESON, JIM
· Mar 21, 2014
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 21, 2014
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 21, 2014
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 21, 2014
Cook, Paul
· Feb 5, 2014
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 5, 2014
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Nov 21, 2013
Rooney, Thomas
· Nov 21, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3616: Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3616/
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"H.R. 3616: Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3616/.
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H.R. 3616, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3616/.
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