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H.R. 8254 116th Congress House

BETTER Kidney Care Act

Official title: To establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 16, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Sep 15, 2020
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.
Sep 15, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 15, 2020

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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act or the BETTER Kidney Care Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements.

Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4942 Reintroduced Bill BETTER Kidney Care Act
  • S 4574 Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 88
All 88 Democratic 30 Republican 21
CHABOT, STEVE
· Dec 17, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Dec 17, 2020
Trone, David
· Dec 17, 2020
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Dec 17, 2020
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Dec 4, 2020
Malinowski, Tom
· Dec 4, 2020
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Nov 30, 2020
Payne, Donald
· Nov 30, 2020
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 30, 2020
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Nov 20, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Nov 20, 2020
McKinley, David
· Nov 20, 2020
Rice, Tom
· Nov 20, 2020
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Nov 17, 2020
Gallagher, Mike
· Nov 17, 2020
Pence, Greg
· Nov 17, 2020
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Nov 16, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 16, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 16, 2020
 R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Nov 16, 2020
Riggleman, Denver
· Nov 16, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Nov 16, 2020
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Nov 16, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Nov 16, 2020
Buck, Ken
· Oct 30, 2020
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Oct 30, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 27, 2020
 D
Scott, David
Georgia · Oct 27, 2020
CLAY, WM.
· Oct 23, 2020
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Oct 23, 2020
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Oct 23, 2020
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Oct 23, 2020
Mitchell, Paul
· Oct 23, 2020
Brindisi, Anthony
· Oct 16, 2020
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Oct 16, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 16, 2020
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 16, 2020
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 2020
Lee, Barbara
· Oct 16, 2020
Long, Billy
· Oct 16, 2020
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Oct 16, 2020
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Oct 16, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 9, 2020
Holding, George
· Oct 9, 2020
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 9, 2020
 R
Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Oct 9, 2020
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Oct 9, 2020
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Oct 9, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Oct 9, 2020
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Oct 9, 2020
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