Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2196
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2015-05-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 </b></p> <p> Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase from a three-year to a five-year period the length of an agreement with an independence at home medical practice under the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2196 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2015 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Roskam , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , and Mr. Forbes ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the limit on the length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 . 2. Increase in the limit on the length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program Section 1866E(e)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395cc–5(e)(1) ) is amended by striking 3-year and inserting 5-year .