Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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
Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
Administrative remediesAgingCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDisability assistanceEducation programs fundingExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical educationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMental healthNursingPerformance measurementPoverty and welfare assistancePrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementPublic-private cooperationState and local financeState and local government operationsUser charges and fees
BETTER Act of 2019
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| Updated: 12/24/2020
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
Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-691, Part I.
Administrative remediesAgingCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDisability assistanceEducation programs fundingExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment trust fundsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical educationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMental healthNursingPerformance measurementPoverty and welfare assistancePrescription drugsPublic contracts and procurementPublic-private cooperationState and local financeState and local government operationsUser charges and fees