115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.
July 17, 2017
Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Roskam, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was 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
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Extending the Medicare independence at home demonstration program.
Section 1866E of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc–5) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “5-year” and inserting “7-year”; and
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking “10,000” and inserting “15,000”;
(2) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by inserting “, including, to the extent practicable, with respect to the use of electronic health information systems, as described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(vi)” after “under the demonstration program”; and
(3) in subsection (i)(1)(A), by striking “will not receive an incentive payment for the second of 2” and inserting “did not achieve savings for the third of 3”.