HR 6012
114th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
BREATH Act of 2016
Introduced: September 13, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1