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S 971 114th Congress Senate Health Home and outpatient care Medicare

Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015

Introduced: April 16, 2015 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2015
Became Public Law No: 114-39.
Jul 30, 2015
Signed by President.
Jul 22, 2015
Presented to President.
Jul 15, 2015
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 15, 2015
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5217)
Jul 15, 2015
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5217)
Jul 15, 2015
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 971.
Jul 15, 2015
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5217-5219)
Jul 15, 2015
Mr. Ryan (WI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 23, 2015
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 127.
Jun 23, 2015
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Jun 23, 2015
Reported by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-172, Part I.
Jun 2, 2015
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 2, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 24, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2015
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2318-2319)
Apr 22, 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.
Apr 22, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 22, 2015
Received in the House.
Apr 22, 2015
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S2319)
Apr 22, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S2319)
Apr 22, 2015
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2318)
Apr 22, 2015
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2318)
Apr 16, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,129 Wyden, Ron To make a technical correction. Agreed to Apr 22, 2015
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(This measure has not been amended since it passed the Senate on April 22, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase from a three-year to a five-year period the length of an agreement with an independence at home medical practice under the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program.

What's happening now July 30, 2015

Became Public Law No: 114-39.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2196 Identical bill Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015
 Bill text 6 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Apr 16, 2015
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 971: Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-971/
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"S. 971: Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-971/.
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