S 3195
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
BREATH Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 13, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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