HR6860-118

Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 19, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H33DFB5B4E8FB44BEAAD8BC0B72BD80FA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act.
  • Section HBB15CB15CC8C4BF08CD8BD863268D9B7: 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are the following: To restore the MSPA’s protections for ESRD patients by ensuring that private health plans do not...
  • Section HDF1EAC11F0A24606B6F71D342B30699C: 3. Clarification and preservation of prohibition under the Medicare program Section 1862(b)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(C)) is...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 19, 2023

Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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