H.R. 6143 — Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act
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House bill 6143, the Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act, was introduced December 7, 2021 by Ms. SCHRIER (for herself and Mr. HORSFORD) and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and, in addition, other committees named in the heading. Section 2 amends section 3709(a) of division A of the CARES Act by striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2022’’, and adjusts Medicare sequestration payment reductions. Later sections address clinical lab services and the radiation oncology model under the Medicare program, and Section 6 amends the Medicare Improvement Fund to read $101,000,000.
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“H.R. 6143 — Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act.”
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 6143
To provide for certain Medicare program extensions, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Ms. SCHRIER (for herself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To provide for certain Medicare program extensions, and
for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Health
5 Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO MEDICARE SEQUESTRATION RE-
7 DUCTIONS.
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8 (a) EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION
9 THROUGH MARCH 2022.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3709(a) of division
2 A of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 901a note) is
3 amended—
4 (A) in the subsection header by inserting
5 ‘‘AND ADJUSTMENT’’ after ‘‘SUSPENSION’’; and
6 (B) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and
7 inserting ‘‘March 31, 2022’’.
8 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
9 by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if enacted as
10 part of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
11 (b) ADJUSTMENTS TO MEDICARE PROGRAM SEQUES-
12 TRATION REDUCTION WITH RESPECT TO FISCAL YEARS
13 2022 AND 2030.—Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budg-
14 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
15 901a(6)) is amended—
16 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
17 paragraph (E); and
18 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
19 lowing new subparagraphs:
20 ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding the 2 percent limit
21 specified in subparagraph (A) for payments for
22 the Medicare programs specified in section
23 256(d), the sequestration order of the President
24 under such subparagraph for fiscal year 2022
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25 shall be applied to such payments so that with
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1 respect to the period beginning on April 1,
2 2022, and ending on June 30, 2022, the pay-
3 ment reduction shall be 1.0 percent.
4 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding the 2 percent limit
5 specified in subparagraph (A) for payments for
6 the Medicare programs specified in section
7 256(d), the sequestration order of the President
8 under such subparagraph for fiscal year 2030
9 shall be applied to such payments so that—
10 ‘‘(i) with respect to the first 6 months
11 in which such order is effective for such
12 fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be
13 2.25 percent; and
14 ‘‘(ii) with respect to the second 6
15 months in which such order is so effective
16 for such fiscal year, the payment reduction
17 shall be 3 percent.’’.
18 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF SUPPORT FOR PHYSICIANS AND
19 OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN ADJUSTING TO
20 MEDICARE PAYMENT CHANGES.
21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1848 of the Social Secu-
22 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) is amended—
23 (1) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(iv)(V), by striking
24 ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2021 or 2022’’; and
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25 (2) in subsection (t)—
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1 (A) in the subsection header, by striking
2 ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2021 AND 2022’’;
3 (B) in paragraph (1)—
4 (i) by striking ‘‘during 2021’’ and in-
5 serting ‘‘during 2021 and 2022’’; and
6 (ii) by striking ‘‘for such services fur-
7 nished on or after January 1, 2021, and
8 before January 1, 2022, by 3.75 percent.’’
9 and inserting ‘‘for—
10 ‘‘(A) such services furnished on or after
11 January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2022,
12 by 3.75 percent; and
13 ‘‘(B) such services furnished on or after
14 January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2023,
15 by 3.0 percent.’’; and
16 (C) in paragraph (2)(C)—
17 (i) in the subparagraph header, by
18 striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2021 AND
19 2022’’;
20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for services fur-
21 nished in 2021 or 2022’’ after ‘‘under this
22 subsection’’; and
23 (iii) by inserting ‘‘or 2022, respec-
24 tively’’ before the period at the end.
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1 (b) REPORT.—Section 101(c) of division N of the
2 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–
3 260) is amended—
4 (1) in the first sentence—
5 (A) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2022’’ and insert-
6 ing ‘‘each of April 1, 2022, and April 1, 2023’’;
7 and
8 (B) by striking ‘‘, as added by subsection
9 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘furnished during 2021 or
10 2022, respectively’’; and
11 (2) in the second sentence—
12 (A) by striking ‘‘Such report’’ and insert-
13 ing ‘‘Each such report’’; and
14 (B) by inserting ‘‘with respect to 2021 or
15 2022, as applicable’’ after ‘‘under such sec-
16 tion’’.
17 SEC. 4. PRESERVING PATIENT ACCESS TO CRITICAL CLIN-
18 ICAL LAB SERVICES.
19 (a) REVISED PHASE-IN OF REDUCTIONS FROM PRI-
20 VATE PAYOR RATE IMPLEMENTATION.—Section
21 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
22 1395m–1(b)(3)) is amended—
23 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘through
24 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2025’’; and
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25 (2) in subparagraph (B)—
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1 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘for 2021’’
2 and inserting ‘‘for each of 2021 and 2022’’;
3 and
4 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘2022
5 through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through
6 2025’’.
7 (b) REVISED REPORTING PERIOD FOR REPORTING
8 OF PRIVATE SECTOR PAYMENT RATES FOR ESTABLISH-
9 MENT OF MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES.—Section
10 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
11 1395m–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
12 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31,
13 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’; and
14 (2) in clause (ii)—
15 (A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ and in-
16 serting ‘‘January 1, 2023’’; and
17 (B) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2022’’ and in-
18 serting ‘‘March 31, 2023’’.
19 SEC. 5. DELAY TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RADI-
20 ATION ONCOLOGY MODEL UNDER THE MEDI-
21 CARE PROGRAM.
22 Section 133 of Division CC of the Consolidated Ap-
23 propriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended
24 by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1,
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1 SEC. 6. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.
2 Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
3 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year
4 2021’’ and all that follows through the period at the end
5 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2021, $101,000,000.’’.
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