United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2959 (111th)
Accountable Care Promotion Act of 2009
Introduced
18 June 2009
Last action
19 June 2009 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5], Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Accountable Care Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a pilot program to test different payment incentive models designed to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes in the provision to beneficiaries of items and services by qualifying accountable care organizations (ACOs) of physicians. Specifies among payment incentive models a performance target model and a partial capitation model. Allows the Secretary to develop other models.
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Timeline
18 June 2009
Introduced
Referred to House Ways and Means
Source: IntroReferral
18 June 2009
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
18 June 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 June 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 June 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 June 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] · D · Cosponsor
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2959
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2959
- us · 111-hr-2959 · source updated 14 August 2025