S. 2175 · 115th Congress
BREATH Act of 2017
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CassidySponsor2 cosponsors · 1 D, 1 R
2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 201 7 or the BREATH Act of 201 7
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 30, 2017
Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2017 or the BREATH Act of 2017
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish by January 1, 2018, policies and standards for determining the appropriate use of certain ventilators under the Medicare program. The CMS may delay such establishment until January 1, 2020, for certain ventilators furnished to individuals with specified medical diagnoses.
Subject to budget neutrality requirements, the bill increases the Medicare payment rate for such ventilators for 2018 and subsequent years.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: BREATH Act of 2017
Also known as: Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2017
Latest action (Nov 30, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 30, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.