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H.R. 4945 (116th)

Safeguarding Medicare Access to Respiratory Therapy Act of 2019

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Introduced

31 October 2019

Last action

1 November 2019 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9], Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7], Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7], Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4], Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8], Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-8], Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24], Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2], Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22], Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE], Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14], Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4], Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1], Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15], Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25], Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19], Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5], Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13], Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 January 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Safeguarding Medicare Access to Respiratory Therapy Act of 2019 This bill establishes certain requirements relating to Medicare coverage of ventilators. Specifically, the bill (1) excludes ventilators and other covered respiratory items, as specified, from Medicare's competitive acquisition program (in which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule); and (2) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a technical expert panel to review, and make recommendations regarding, national coverage determinations with respect to Medicare coverage of ventilators and other specified respiratory devices.

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Timeline

  1. 31 October 2019

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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  2. 31 October 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 31 October 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 1 November 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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