United States · Bill · S
S. 1551 (112th)
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011
Introduced
13 September 2011
Last action
13 September 2011 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Ron Wyden, Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011 - Establishes a pilot program under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in order to utilize smart card technology for Medicare beneficiary and provider identification cards.
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Timeline
13 September 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
13 September 2011
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580)
Source: IntroReferral
13 September 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 13 September 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 September 2011
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 September 2011
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 13 September 2011
Sponsors
- Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1551
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1551
- us · 112-s-1551 · source updated 5 December 2025