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S 2175 115th Congress Senate

BREATH Act of 2017

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

Introduced: November 30, 2017 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 30, 2017
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 Latest action November 30, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2017 or the BREATH Act of 2017

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish by January 1, 2018, policies and standards for determining the appropriate use of certain ventilators under the Medicare program. The CMS may delay such establishment until January 1, 2020, for certain ventilators furnished to individuals with specified medical diagnoses.

Subject to budget neutrality requirements, the bill increases the Medicare payment rate for such ventilators for 2018 and subsequent years.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 30, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2175: BREATH Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2175/
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