H.R. 284: Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-12 · 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 2015-01-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · 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

Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015

Plain summary

Medicar e DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Prohibits an entity from submitting a bid for a competitive acquisition area, during calendar 2017-2019, unless it has obtained a bid surety bond of between $50,000 and $100,000 for each such area. Requires the forfeit of any bid bond submitted for a competitive acquisition area if the bidding entity does not accept a contract offered for any product category when its composite bid was at or below the median composite bid rate for all bidding entities included in the calculation of the single payment amounts for the product category and the area. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect on the forfeited bond. Requires return of a bid bond within a specified 90-day period to a bidding entity that does not meet such bid forfeiture conditions. Prohibits the Secretary from awarding a contract to any entity that does not meet state licensure requirements. Directs the Government Accountability Office to study the effect of this bid surety bond requirement on the participation of small suppliers in the Medicare DMEPOS competitive acquisition program.

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Official text

Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · 63 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 284, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 (2015-03-11)

Cosponsors on this site

John B. Larson (D-CT), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Todd Young (R-IN), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) and 3 more.

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Bond: A way to borrow money. A government sells bonds to raise money now and promises to pay it back with interest over time. Bonds repaid from taxes often need voter approval.
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)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr284.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr284 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114