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HR 2552 116th Congress House

PLACE Act of 2019

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prevent certain payment reductions for clinic visit services furnished at excepted off-campus outpatien… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prevent certain payment reductions for clinic visit services furnished at excepted off-campus outpatient departments of a provider under the Medicare program.

Introduced: May 7, 2019 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 7, 2019
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.
May 7, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Local Access to Care for Everyone Act of 2019 or the PLACE Act of 2019

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to treat certain clinical services that are furnished by an excepted off-campus outpatient department of a provider (i.e., a department that would be considered an off-campus outpatient department but for certain statutory exceptions) during a specified period as though such services were provided on-campus for purposes of Medicare payment. (In November 2018, the CMS issued regulations that applied a lower Medicare payment rate for such services.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Sep 26, 2019
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · May 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2552: PLACE Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2552/
MLA
"H.R. 2552: PLACE Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2552/.
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H.R. 2552, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2552/.
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[H.R. 2552: PLACE Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2552/)
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