H.R. 2066: PIMA of 2017
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H.R. 2066: PIMA of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-06 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 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
PIMA of 2017
Plain summary
Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 201 7 or the PIMA of 201 7 This bill expands Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services. Additionally, the bill establishes increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such referrals.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 2 cosponsors
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Dina Titus (D-NV), Ro Khanna (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2066.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr2066 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115