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HR 4161 116th Congress House

COMP Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to certain workers' compensation settlement ag… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of Medicare secondary payer rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions.

Introduced: August 2, 2019 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Health care costs and insuranceMedicareState and local financeWorker safety and health
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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.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Aug 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 2, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 2, 2019
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.
Aug 2, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coordination Of Medicare Payments and Worker's Compensation Act or the COMP Act

This bill alters provisions relating to Medicare secondary payer rules with respect to workers' compensation settlement arrangements. Among other things, the bill provides that a Medicare set-aside fulfills secondary payer obligations if the set-aside is included in the arrangement and meets certain other criteria.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4734 Related bill COMP Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Mar 11, 2020
Marchant, Kenny
· Nov 12, 2019
Holding, George
· Aug 2, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4161: COMP Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4161/
MLA
"H.R. 4161: COMP Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4161/.
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H.R. 4161, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4161/.
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[H.R. 4161: COMP Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4161/)
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