H.R. 5290: More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010
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H.R. 5290: More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010
Plain summary
More Doctors, More Choices Act 0f 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), if a Medicare SGR extension law is enacted during the 111th Congress, to permit a non-participating physician or supplier who furnishes (or may furnish) services for which payment is made under the Medicare physician fee schedule (or would be so made but for a private contract with a Medicare beneficiary) to elect during a certain period to become a Medicare participating physician or supplier. Defines Medicare SGR extension law as one that extends or revises for at least one year the amount of the conversion factor used in updating payments under the physicians fee schedule so that it is not lower than the conversion factor for May 2010.
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Official text
More Doctors, More Choices Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] · 2 cosponsors
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John B. Larson (D-CT)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5290.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5290 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111