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H.R. 7217: IMPROVE Act

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H.R. 7217: IMPROVE Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-12-06 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-12-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 428 (2018): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR7217 (2018-12-11), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

IMPROVE Act

Plain summary

Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries Act or the IMPROVE Act This bill establishes a state Medicaid option to provide for medical assistance with respect to coordinated care provided through a health home (i.e., a designated provider or team of health-care professionals) for children with medically complex conditions. States must determine payment methodologies in accordance with specified requirements; payments also temporarily qualify for an enhanced federal matching rate. The bill also makes a series of reductions relating to federal Medicaid expenditures. Among other changes, the bill reduces the federal matching rate for states that do not have required asset-verification programs for determining Medicaid eligibility. Further, drug manufacturers with Medicaid rebate agreements for covered outpatient drugs must disclose drug product information. Manufacturers are subject to civil penalties for knowingly misclassifying drugs. Manufacturers are also required to compensate for rebates that were initially underpaid as a result of misclassification (whether or not such misclassification was committed knowingly). Finally, the bill excludes specified wheelchairs and associated accessories from Medicare's competitive acquisition program (in which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule).

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

IMPROVE Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · 8 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7217, Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries Act (2018-12-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Kathy Castor (D-FL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr7217 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115