BETTER Act of 2019

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Introduced

21 June 2019

Last action

24 December 2020 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.

Summary

Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019 or the BETTER Act of 2019 This bill extends funding for, and makes a series of changes to, Medicare enrollment, payment, and prescription drug programs. Among other things, the bill extends funding through FY2022 for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment, and certain quality-measurement activities; provides statutory authority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services transition program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for limited-income, newly eligible individuals (i.e., individuals who are eligible for subsidies and have not yet enrolled in, or whose coverage has not yet taken effect under, a Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan); revises payment rules for graduate medical education costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program; and authorizes additional quality measures for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) value-based purchasing program, which provides incentive payments to SNFs based on their quality of care.

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Timeline

21 June 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 June 2019
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
21 June 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 June 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
26 June 2019
Vote
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Source: Committee
26 June 2019
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
24 December 2020
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Source: Calendars
24 December 2020
Discharge
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Discharge
24 December 2020
Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Committee
24 December 2020
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
Source: Committee
24 December 2020
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Improving Low-Income Access to Prescription Drugs Act of 2019
related to → To provide for a 5-year extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.
related to → Shop Rx Act of 2019
related to → Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Bill
related to → Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
related to → Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019
related to → To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection under the Medicare program.
related to → To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve measurements under the skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3417
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3417
us · 116-hr-3417 · source updated 7 April 2025