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HR 2043 114th Congress House

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 28, 2015
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.
Apr 28, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 11, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data Manager information used to determine what, if any, efficiencies exist within the professional component of imaging services when two or more studies are performed on the same patient on the same day.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 32
All 32 Democratic 15 Republican 9
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 18, 2015
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Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 18, 2015
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Nov 18, 2015
Roby, Martha
· Nov 18, 2015
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Oct 22, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Oct 7, 2015
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Oct 7, 2015
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Oct 7, 2015
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 15, 2015
Jenkins, Evan
· Sep 10, 2015
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 10, 2015
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 10, 2015
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jul 29, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 29, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jul 23, 2015
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Jul 22, 2015
Yoder, Kevin
· Jul 22, 2015
Abraham, Ralph
· Jul 9, 2015
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jul 9, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 24, 2015
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 17, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 17, 2015
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 11, 2015
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Jun 4, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 2, 2015
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 2, 2015
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 21, 2015
Costello, Ryan
· May 21, 2015
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 21, 2015
WALDEN, GREG
· May 21, 2015
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 28, 2015
Nunes, Devin
· Apr 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2043: Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2043/
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"H.R. 2043: Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2043/.
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H.R. 2043, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2043/.
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