IMPROVE Act

Bill: 115-hr-7217
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2018-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Birth defects
Blood and blood diseases
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family services
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hereditary and development disorders
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs
Sex and reproductive health
State and local courts
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 

Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries Act or the IMPROVE Act

 
This bill establishes a state Medicaid option to provide for medical assistance with respect to coordinated care provided through a health home (i.e., a designated provider or team of health-care professionals) for children with medically complex conditions. States must determine payment methodologies in accordance with specified requirements; payments also temporarily qualify for an enhanced federal matching rate.
 
The bill also makes a series of reductions relating to federal Medicaid expenditures. Among other changes, the bill reduces the federal matching rate for states that do not have required asset-verification programs for determining Medicaid eligibility.
 
Further, drug manufacturers with Medicaid rebate agreements for covered outpatient drugs must disclose drug product information. Manufacturers are subject to civil penalties for knowingly misclassifying drugs. Manufacturers are also required to compensate for rebates that were initially underpaid as a result of misclassification (whether or not such misclassification was committed knowingly).
 
Finally, the bill excludes specified wheelchairs and associated accessories from Medicare's competitive acquisition program (in which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 11 (Roll no. 428). (text: H10043-10047)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 11 (Roll no. 428).(text: H10043-10047)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: H10043-10052)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7217.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Mr. Barton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Introduced in House