H.R. 2507: Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
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H.R. 2507: Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-21 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Plain summary
Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services, by regulation and in accordance with certain notice and public comment requirements, to determine and announce annually for 2017 and each subsequent year: the annual MedicareAdvantage (MA) capitation rate for each MA payment area for the year concerned, the risk and other factors to be used in adjusting such rates for monthly payments in such year, the MA region-specific non-drug monthly benchmark amount for each MA region and each MA regional plan for which a bid was submitted, and the major policy changes to the risk adjustment model and the 5-star rating system that are determined to have an economic impact.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] · 5 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 (2015-06-12)
Cosponsors on this site
Mike Thompson (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX)
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Words on this page, explained (4)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Public comment
- A chance for anyone to tell a government agency what they think about a proposed rule or plan before it is final. Agencies must consider the comments they receive.
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2507.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr2507 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114