H.R. 6226: PUSH Act of 2016
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H.R. 6226: PUSH Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-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
PUSH Act of 2016
Plain summary
Pre-Claims Undermine Seniors' Health Act of 2016 or the PUSH Act of 2016 This bill delays the Medicare demonstration for pre-claim review of home health services and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to report on such pre-claim review. Specifically, CMS shall delay or suspend the demonstration by the later of: (1) one year after either the bill's enactment or the demonstration's scheduled start-date, as applicable; or (2) six months after CMS submits its report.
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Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] · 20 cosponsors
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James P. McGovern (D-MA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Pete Sessions (R-TX), William R. Keating (D-MA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr6226.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr6226 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114