H.R. 4187: DISARM Act of 2014
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H.R. 4187: DISARM Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-11 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · 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
DISARM Act of 2014
Plain summary
Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2014 or DISARM Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) recognize the costs of new antimicrobial drugs under the Medicare payment system for the inpatient services of subsection (d) hospitals, (2) provide for additional payment with respect to discharges involving such drugs, (3) publish in the Federal Register a list of the new antimicrobial drugs, and (4) further reduce each of the average standardized payment amounts in a specified manner to maintain budget neutrality in a fiscal year beginning with FY2015. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the barriers that prevent the development of new antimicrobial drugs and develop recommendations for actions to be taken in order to overcome such barriers.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · 19 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Mike Kelly (R-PA)
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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 House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4187.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4187 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113