HR 4942 117th Congress House Health

BETTER Kidney Care Act

Introduced: November 4, 2021 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Aug 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Aug 6, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Aug 6, 2021

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.

Aug 6, 2021

Introduced in House

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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.

What's happening now August 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 20

Herrera Beutler, Jaime

California · May 19, 2022

Veasey, Marc A.

Texas · Mar 9, 2022

Smith, Jason

Missouri · Jan 20, 2022

Bonamici, Suzanne

Oregon · Dec 1, 2021

Carson, André

Indiana · Dec 1, 2021

Harder, Josh

California · Dec 1, 2021

Meng, Grace

New York · Nov 16, 2021

Cohen, Steve

Tennessee · Nov 4, 2021

Espaillat, Adriano

New York · Nov 4, 2021

Alabama · Nov 4, 2021

Vela, Filemon

· Nov 4, 2021

Grothman, Glenn

Wisconsin · Oct 26, 2021

Ross, Deborah K.

North Carolina · Oct 25, 2021

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4942: BETTER Kidney Care Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4942/

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