Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act
- Last Action
- 3/6/2024
Actions
- 2024-03-06Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2024-03-05Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2024-03-05On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H798-799)
- 2024-03-05Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H798-799)
- 2024-03-05DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3836.
- 2024-03-05Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H798-800)
- 2024-03-05Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2023-09-01Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 134.
- 2023-09-01Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-170.
- 2023-09-01Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-170.
- 2023-07-19Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
- 2023-07-19Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2023-07-13Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2023-07-13Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 0.
- 2023-06-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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CRS Summary
As of 2024-03-05 (53)
Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act
This bill specifies that state Medicaid programs are authorized to provide primary care services through direct primary care arrangements (i.e., arrangements in which primary care providers receive a fixed periodic fee for their services).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must (1) convene at least one virtual stakeholder meeting and issue related guidance on how state Medicaid programs may implement direct primary care arrangements, and (2) report on the extent to which state Medicaid programs contract with independent providers and on the quality and cost of care under direct primary care arrangements that are offered through Medicaid managed care organizations.
Cosponsors (4)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Health care costs and insurance
- Medicaid
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