Independence at Home Demonstration Improvement and Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3263
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-07-17
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records

Home and outpatient care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-446, Part I.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill extends and expands the Independence at Home demonstration program, through which comprehensive primary care services are delivered at home to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.</p>

action_date: 2017-12-06
action_desc: Reported to House amended, Part I
text: <p><strong>Independence at Home Demonstration Program</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill extends, expands, and otherwise revises&nbsp;the Independence at Home demonstration program, through which comprehensive primary care services are delivered at home to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3263 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2017 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Roskam , and Mr. Thompson of California ) 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 extend the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.

1. Extending the Medicare independence at home demonstration program Section 1866E of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395cc–5 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 5-year and inserting 7-year ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 10,000 and inserting 15,000 ; (2) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by inserting , including, to the extent practicable, with respect to the use of electronic health information systems, as described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(vi) after under the demonstration program ; and (3) in subsection (i)(1)(A), by striking will not receive an incentive payment for the second of 2 and inserting did not achieve savings for the third of 3 .