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HEARTS and Rural Relief Act

USA116th CongressHR-3416| House 
| Updated: 6/24/2019
Terri A. Sewell

Terri A. Sewell

Democratic Representative

Alabama

Cosponsors (1)
Adrian Smith (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Military Personnel Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
HEARTS and Rural Relief Act This bill makes a series of changes relating to Medicare coverage and requirements, particularly with respect to military retirees. Specifically, the bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests. The bill also makes other changes to Medicare payment systems for certain items and services. Among other things, the bill (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to specify the criteria used to exclude certain procedures from the list of covered surgical procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgical center under Medicare, and (2) extends the instruction from the CMS for contractors not to enforce the requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.
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Jun 21, 2019
Introduced in House
Jun 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • June 21, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • June 21, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.


  • June 24, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.


  • June 24, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-3429: HEARTS and Rural Relief Act
  • HR 116-3433: ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2019
  • HR 116-2371: HEARTS Act of 2019
  • HR 116-3431: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.
  • HR 116-2293: Protecting Access to Wheelchairs Act
CancerCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceGeneticsGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMilitary personnel and dependentsRural conditions and developmentVeterans' medical care

HEARTS and Rural Relief Act

USA116th CongressHR-3416| House 
| Updated: 6/24/2019
HEARTS and Rural Relief Act This bill makes a series of changes relating to Medicare coverage and requirements, particularly with respect to military retirees. Specifically, the bill (1) exempts certain military retirees who are under 65 years of age, and who no longer receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, from the requirement to enroll in Medicare medical services in order to be eligible for TRICARE; (2) increases funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund; and (3) temporarily provides for Medicare coverage of certain prostate cancer DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests. The bill also makes other changes to Medicare payment systems for certain items and services. Among other things, the bill (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to specify the criteria used to exclude certain procedures from the list of covered surgical procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgical center under Medicare, and (2) extends the instruction from the CMS for contractors not to enforce the requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.
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Timeline
Jun 21, 2019
Introduced in House
Jun 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • June 21, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • June 21, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.


  • June 24, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.


  • June 24, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Terri A. Sewell

Terri A. Sewell

Democratic Representative

Alabama

Cosponsors (1)
Adrian Smith (Republican)

Ways and Means Committee, Military Personnel Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-3429: HEARTS and Rural Relief Act
  • HR 116-3433: ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2019
  • HR 116-2371: HEARTS Act of 2019
  • HR 116-3431: To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2021.
  • HR 116-2293: Protecting Access to Wheelchairs Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CancerCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceGeneticsGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMilitary personnel and dependentsRural conditions and developmentVeterans' medical care