H.R. 4229: Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-02 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017

Plain summary

Protecting Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment Access Act of 2017 or the Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017 This bill: (1) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay by one year the full implementation of new Medicare payment rates for durable medical equipment, and (2) revises a Medicare budget-neutrality requirement related to oxygen. Under current law, the CMS may establish separate payment classes under Medicare for items of oxygen and related equipment only if doing so does not result in increased program expenditures. The bill provides an exception to this budget-neutrality requirement with respect to such items that are included in a competitive acquisition program.

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Official text

Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 158 cosponsors

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Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sam Graves (R-MO), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Jason Smith (R-MO), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Peter Welch (D-VT), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC) and 98 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4229.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4229 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115