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To extend funding for certain public health programs, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-4820| House 
| Updated: 1/23/2018
A. Donald McEachin

A. Donald McEachin

Democratic Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (84)
David Loebsack (Democratic)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Democratic)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Al Green (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Gene Green (Democratic)Gregory W. Meeks (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Denny Heck (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Frank Pallone (Democratic)Jimmy Gomez (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Colleen Hanabusa (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advancing Seniors and Kids Act or the ASK Act This bill extends, and otherwise revises, various public health and social welfare programs. Specifically, the bill: permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); extends by one year, but reduces by half, additional federal financial participation for CHIP; extends CHIP's qualifying-states option, express-lane eligibility option, and outreach and enrollment program; extends the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, and the Pediatric Quality Measures Program; modifies Medicare payment rules and reporting requirements with respect to ground-ambulance services; permanently extends specialized Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for certain special-needs individuals; expands certain supplemental benefits under MA for chronically ill enrollees; extends the Medicare payment adjustment known as the "home-health rural add-on"; makes permanent or extends other specified programs and payment rules under Medicare; under Medicaid, extends certain health workforce demonstration projects as well as specified programs related to community health centers, diabetes, graduate medical education, family-to-family health-information centers, abstinence education, and personal-responsibility education; delays certain changes, under Medicaid, to disproportionate-share hospital allotments and to third-party liability provisions; extends the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and requires, under the program, continued demonstration of improvements in certain benchmark areas; establishes a grant program for the monitoring of representative payees under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program; otherwise revises provisions related to representative payment under SSI and OASDI; and with respect to the child-welfare system, modifies provisions related to information sharing and to overpayment liability.
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Timeline
Jan 18, 2018
Introduced in House
Jan 18, 2018
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.
Jan 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • January 18, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • January 18, 2018
    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.


  • January 19, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • January 23, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-872: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
  • S 115-2597: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • HR 115-3044: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage enrollees under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-3168: SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017
  • HR 115-3926: To provide for an extension for community health centers, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-2959: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow for parent mentors to be eligible to receive outreach and enrollment grants under the Children's Health Insurance Program under such title, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-1955: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
  • HR 115-4547: Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
  • S 115-1829: A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
  • HR 115-3729: Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017
AgingChild healthChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careFamily servicesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHome and outpatient careIntergovernmental relationsMedicaidMedical educationMedicarePerformance measurementPoverty and welfare assistanceSex and reproductive healthSocial security and elderly assistanceState and local government operationsWomen's health

To extend funding for certain public health programs, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-4820| House 
| Updated: 1/23/2018
Advancing Seniors and Kids Act or the ASK Act This bill extends, and otherwise revises, various public health and social welfare programs. Specifically, the bill: permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); extends by one year, but reduces by half, additional federal financial participation for CHIP; extends CHIP's qualifying-states option, express-lane eligibility option, and outreach and enrollment program; extends the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, and the Pediatric Quality Measures Program; modifies Medicare payment rules and reporting requirements with respect to ground-ambulance services; permanently extends specialized Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for certain special-needs individuals; expands certain supplemental benefits under MA for chronically ill enrollees; extends the Medicare payment adjustment known as the "home-health rural add-on"; makes permanent or extends other specified programs and payment rules under Medicare; under Medicaid, extends certain health workforce demonstration projects as well as specified programs related to community health centers, diabetes, graduate medical education, family-to-family health-information centers, abstinence education, and personal-responsibility education; delays certain changes, under Medicaid, to disproportionate-share hospital allotments and to third-party liability provisions; extends the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and requires, under the program, continued demonstration of improvements in certain benchmark areas; establishes a grant program for the monitoring of representative payees under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program; otherwise revises provisions related to representative payment under SSI and OASDI; and with respect to the child-welfare system, modifies provisions related to information sharing and to overpayment liability.
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Timeline
Jan 18, 2018
Introduced in House
Jan 18, 2018
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.
Jan 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • January 18, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • January 18, 2018
    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.


  • January 19, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • January 23, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
A. Donald McEachin

A. Donald McEachin

Democratic Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (84)
David Loebsack (Democratic)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Democratic)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Al Green (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Gene Green (Democratic)Gregory W. Meeks (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Denny Heck (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Frank Pallone (Democratic)Jimmy Gomez (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Colleen Hanabusa (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-872: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
  • S 115-2597: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • HR 115-3044: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage enrollees under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-3168: SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017
  • HR 115-3926: To provide for an extension for community health centers, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-2959: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow for parent mentors to be eligible to receive outreach and enrollment grants under the Children's Health Insurance Program under such title, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-1955: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
  • HR 115-4547: Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
  • S 115-1829: A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
  • HR 115-3729: Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AgingChild healthChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careFamily servicesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHome and outpatient careIntergovernmental relationsMedicaidMedical educationMedicarePerformance measurementPoverty and welfare assistanceSex and reproductive healthSocial security and elderly assistanceState and local government operationsWomen's health