S. 1776: Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009
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S. 1776: Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-13 · Health · Latest: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 325 (2009): On the Cloture Motion, S1776 (2009-10-21), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
- Where it stands now: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009
Plain summary
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require an update of 0% to the single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2010 and following years. Sunsets as of the end of 2008 the mandatory annual publication in the Federal Register of the sustainable growth rate for all physicians' services for a fiscal year (which is an element in the formula for calculating the update adjustment factor as well as other factors in the determination of the Medicare physician fee schedule).
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Official text
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 4 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1776, Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009 (2009-10-26); CBO cost estimate: S. 1776, Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009 (2009-10-26)
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Recorded votes
- Senate vote 325 (2009): On the Cloture Motion, S1776 (2009-10-21): Cloture Motion Rejected
Words on this page, explained (3)
- Federal Register
- The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.
- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1776.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s1776 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111