Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-976
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-02-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Medical ethics

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal the prohibition against Medicare participation by physician-owned hospitals that do not have a provider agreement by August 1, 2010, which nonetheless allows their Medicare participation under a rural provider and hospital exception to a specified ownership or investment prohibition if they meet certain requirements.</p> <p>Amends the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) to repeal provisions: (1) postponing from August 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, the date by which physician-owned hospitals must have a provider agreement in order to participate in Medicare under a rural provider and hospital exception to the physician-ownership or -investment prohibition if they also meet certain requirements addressing conflicts of interest, bona fide investments, patient safety issues, and expansion limitations; and (2) modifying the expansion limitation imposed on such a rural hospital <BR> </p> <p>Restores related previous law amended or repealed by PPACA and HCERA as if PPACA or HCERA had not been enacted.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 976 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2015 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Womack , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Bucshon , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Young of Indiana , Ms. Jenkins of Kansas , Mr. Pompeo , Mrs. Ellmers , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Cole , Mr. Barton , Mr. Burgess , Mr. Carter of Texas , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Flores , Mr. Marchant , Mr. Olson , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Thornberry , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Hinojosa , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015 . 2. Repeal of health care reform provisions limiting Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals Sections 6001 and 10601 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ; 124 Stat. 684, 1005) and section 1106 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been enacted.