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Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015

Introduced: May 21, 2015 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 16, 2015
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.
Jun 16, 2015
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Jun 16, 2015
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-158, Part I.
Jun 3, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 2, 2015
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 2, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 22, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 2015
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.
May 21, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) States the intent of Congress to: (1) continue to study and request input on the effects of socioeconomic status and dual-eligible populations on the Medicare Advantage (MA) STARS rating system before reforming it, and, pending study and input results; (2) delay Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services authority to terminate MA plan contracts solely on the basis of performance under the STARS rating system.

Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services, through the end of plan year 2018, from terminating a contract with respect to the offering of an MA plan by a MA organization solely because the plan has failed to achieve a minimum quality rating under the 5-star rating system.

What's happening now June 16, 2015

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 114.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2