Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1316
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-07-17
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Health care costs and insurance

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5756)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 - Repeals sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) (and restores provisions of law amended by such sections) related to the establishment of an Independent Payment Advisory Board to develop and submit detailed proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending to the President for Congress to consider.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 138 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1316 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2013 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read the first time July 18, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2013 . 2. Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), sections 3403 and 10320 of such Act (including the amendments made by such sections) are repealed, and any provision of law amended by such sections is hereby restored as if such sections had not been enacted into law.

July 18, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar