H.R. 3417: BETTER Act of 2019
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H.R. 3417: BETTER Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-21 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
BETTER Act of 2019
Plain summary
Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019 or the BETTER Act of 2019 This bill extends funding for, and makes a series of changes to, Medicare enrollment, payment, and prescription drug programs. Among other things, the bill extends funding through FY2022 for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment, and certain quality-measurement activities; provides statutory authority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services transition program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for limited-income, newly eligible individuals (i.e., individuals who are eligible for subsidies and have not yet enrolled in, or whose coverage has not yet taken effect under, a Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan); revises payment rules for graduate medical education costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program; and authorizes additional quality measures for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) value-based purchasing program, which provides incentive payments to SNFs based on their quality of care.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3417, Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019 (2019-10-01)
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] reported raising $3.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Rulemaking
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3417.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr3417 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116