HR 8615
116th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
ARC Act of 2020
Introduced: October 16, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 16, 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.
Oct 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amputation Reduction and Compassion Act of 2020 or the ARC Act of 2020
This bill provides for coverage of peripheral artery disease screening tests without cost-sharing under Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance for certain at-risk individuals, and requires the development of certain educational programs and quality measures to reduce amputations relating to such disease.
What's happening now
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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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