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HR 6012 114th Congress House

BREATH Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve Medicare beneficiary access to ventilators, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 8, 2016 See on congress.gov
Health Cardiovascular and respiratory healthHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careMedicare
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Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 13, 2016
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.
Sep 13, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2016 or the BREATH Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish policies and standards for determining the appropriate use of certain ventilators under the Medicare program.

Subject to budget neutrality requirements, the bill: (1) increases the Medicare payment rate for such ventilators for 2017; and (2) for subsequent years, establishes a new base payment rate based on the percentage change, between 2015 and 2017, in the total number of beneficiaries receiving such ventilators under Medicare.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3195 Related bill BREATH Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 8, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6012: BREATH Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6012/
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