Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Bill: 117-hr-8594
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-29
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that private health insurers may not limit, restrict, or condition benefits for renal dialysis services for individuals with end-stage renal disease as compared to other types of benefits for other medical conditions under Medicare secondary payer rules.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8594 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2022 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Mr. Arrington , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Soto , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Herrera Beutler , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Ferguson , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Payne , Mr. Dunn , Mr. Swalwell , and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ) 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 clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act . 2. Clarification on prohibition against discrimination against dialysis under Medicare Section 1862(b)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(C) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by inserting , or that such an individual requires the use of an item or service, before during the 12-month period ; and (2) by adding at the end of the matter following clause (ii), the following new sentence: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a group health plan shall be treated as differentiating in the benefits it provides in violation of clause (ii) if the plan limits, restricts, or conditions the benefits the plan provides for renal dialysis services as compared to the benefits the plan provides for other medical services that are necessary to treat other chronic medical conditions and that are covered under the plan. .