H.R. 3962 - Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010

Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010

H.R. 3962 — 111^th Congress (2009–2010)

Keywords

Health Care, House Health Care Reform Bill

Summary

An act to provide a physician payment update, to provide pension funding relief, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Affordable Health Care for America Act
• Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009
• Affordable Health Care for America Act
• Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009
• Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010
• An act to provide a physician payment update, to provide pension funding relief, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

John D. Dingell

Co-Sponsors

• Charles B. Rangel
• Fortney Pete Stark
• Robert E. Andrews
• Frank Pallone, Jr.
• Henry A. Waxman
• George Miller

Subjects

• Health
• Abortion
• Administrative law and regulatory procedures
• Administrative remedies
• Adoption and foster care
• Adult day care
• Advisory bodies
• Aging
• Allied health services
• Border security and unlawful immigration
• Business ethics
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular and respiratory health
• Child health
• Civil actions and liability
• Competition and antitrust
• Comprehensive health care
• Computers and information technology
• Congressional oversight
• Consumer affairs
• Criminal justice information and records
• Dental care
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Digestive and metabolic diseases
• Disability and health-based discrimination
• Domestic violence and child abuse
• Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
• Emergency communications systems
• Emergency medical services and trauma care
• Employee benefits and pensions
• Employment and training programs
• Employment discrimination and employee rights
• Executive agency funding and structure
• Family planning and birth control
• Family relationships
• Food industry and services
• Food supply, safety, and labeling
• Fraud offenses and financial crimes
• Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
• Government information and archives
• Government investigations
• Government lending and loan guarantees
• Government trust funds
• HIV-AIDS
• Hawaii
• Health care costs and insurance
• Health care coverage and access
• Health care quality
• Health facilities and institutions
• Health information and medical records
• Health personnel
• Health programs administration and funding
• Health promotion and preventive care
• Health technology, devices, supplies
• Hearing, speech, and vision care
• Home and outpatient care
• Homeland security
• Hospital care
• Immigrant health and welfare
• Immunology
• Income tax credits
• Income tax deductions
• Income tax exclusion
• Income tax rates
• Indian social and development programs
• Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Insurance industry and regulation
• Intellectual property
• Interest, dividends, interest rates
• Intergovernmental relations
• Licensing and registrations
• Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
• Marketing and advertising
• Marshall Islands
• Medicaid
• Medical education
• Medical ethics
• Medical research
• Medical tests and diagnostic methods
• Medicare
• Members of Congress
• Mental health
• Micronesia
• Military medicine
• Minority health
• Neurological disorders
• Nursing
• Nutrition and diet
• Oceania
• Palau
• Personnel records
• Poverty and welfare assistance
• Prescription drugs
• Public contracts and procurement
• Right of privacy
• Rural conditions and development
• Sales and excise taxes
• Sex and reproductive health
• Small business
• Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
• State and local government operations
• Student aid and college costs
• Surgery and anesthesia
• Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
• Teaching, teachers, curricula
• U.S. territories and protectorates
• User charges and fees
• Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
• Veterans' medical care
• Women's health

Related Bills

• H.Res. 903 (111^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 3962) to Provide Affordable, Quality Health Care for All Americans and Reduce the Growth in Health Care Spending, and for Other Purposes, and Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 3961) to Amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to Reform the Medicare SGR Payment System for Physicians.
• H.Res. 903 (111^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 3962) to Provide Affordable, Quality Health Care for All Americans and Reduce the Growth in Health Care Spending, and for Other Purposes, and Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 3961) to Amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to Reform the Medicare SGR Payment System for Physicians.

Major Actions

Introduced	10/29/2009
Referred to Committee
Amendments (4 proposed)
Passed House	11/08/2009
Passed Senate	6/18/2010
Signed by President	6/25/2010

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	Amendment 1 to H.R. 3962	11/08/2009	This amendment PASSED the House 240 voted YES 194 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 2 to H.R. 3962	11/08/2009	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 176 voted YES 258 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act	11/08/2009	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 187 voted YES 247 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Passage - House - H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act	11/08/2009	This bill PASSED the House 220 voted YES 215 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.	6/18/2010	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 4383 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	6/18/2010	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 4384 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	6/18/2010	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments: H.R. 3962 To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes	6/24/2010	This motion PASSED the House 417 voted YES 1 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	10/29/2009
		10/29/2009	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, Rules, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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 committee concerned.
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Education and Labor
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Ways and Means
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Budget
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Rules
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Natural Resources
		10/29/2009	Referred to House Judiciary
		11/07/2009	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 903 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961 with 4 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
		11/07/2009	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 903.
		11/07/2009	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961 with 4 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
		11/07/2009	DEBATE - The House proceeded with four hours of debate on H.R. 3962.
		11/07/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 903, the House proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Stupak amendment.
		11/07/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stupak amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stupak demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		11/07/2009	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 903, the House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the Boehner amendment in the nature of a substitute.
		11/07/2009	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Boehner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Camp (MI) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		11/07/2009	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
		11/07/2009	On ordering the previous question Agreed to by voice vote.
		11/07/2009	Mr. Cantor moved to recommit with instructions to Energy and Commerce.
		11/07/2009	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cantor motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to insert a new title with the heading "Seniors Protection and Medicare Regional Payment Equity Fund".
		11/07/2009	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
		11/08/2009	Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Stupak.
		11/08/2009	Amendment (A002) in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Boehner.
select this vote	Vote	11/08/2009	Amendment 1 to H.R. 3962
select this vote	Vote	11/08/2009	Amendment 2 to H.R. 3962
select this vote	Vote	11/08/2009	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	11/08/2009	On Passage - House - H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act
		11/10/2009	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	11/16/2009	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210.
		6/18/2010	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
currently selected	Senate Vote on Passage	6/18/2010	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
		6/18/2010	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		6/18/2010	Amendment SA 4383 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Baucus.
select this vote	Vote	6/18/2010	Amendment SA 4383 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		6/18/2010	Amendment SA 4384 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Baucus.
select this vote	Vote	6/18/2010	Amendment SA 4384 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		6/24/2010	Mr. Levin moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments.
		6/24/2010	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3962.
		6/24/2010	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
		6/24/2010	Considered as unfinished business.
	Presented to President	6/24/2010	Cleared for White House.
	Presented to President	6/24/2010	Presented to President.
select this vote	Vote	6/24/2010	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments: H.R. 3962 To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes
	Signed	6/25/2010	Signed by President.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	H. Amdt. 509	Stupak, Bart [D-MI1]	November 7, 2009	Offered on November 6, 2009.
	Amendment codifies the Hyde Amendment in H.R. 3962; prohibits federal funds for abortion services in the public option and prohibits individuals who receive affordability credits from purchasing a plan that provides elective abortions. Amendment does allow individuals, who receive affordability credits or not, to separately purchase with their own funds, plans that cover elective abortions. Finally, the amendment clarifies that private plans may still offer elective abortions. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 510	Boehner, John [R-OH8]	November 7, 2009	Offered on November 6, 2009.
	Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to create Universal Access Programs that expand and reform high-risk pools and reinsurance programs; sought to prevent insurers from unjustly canceling a policy or instituting annual or lifetime spending caps; sought to put in place medical liability reforms and give small businesses the power to pool together and offer health care at lower prices; sought to prohibit all Federal funds, whether they are authorized funds or appropriated funds, from being used to pay for abortions; and sought to create new incentives to save for future and long-term care needs by allowing qualified participants to use HSAs to pay premiums. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 4383	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	June 18, 2010	Passed by voice vote on June 17, 2010.
	In the nature of a substitute. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 4384	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	June 18, 2010	Passed by voice vote on June 17, 2010.
	To amend the title. Show amendment details