3.0.0 4848 2023-01-11T13:15:01Z 2023-01-11T13:15:01Z House H HR 2007-12-19 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-08T16:47:27Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-12-19T19:17:03Z Referred to 2007-12-19T15:12:00Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-19T15:12:10Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-19T15:12:05Z 2008-02-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-02-07 12:24:39 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-02-07 12:24:38 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 23 (Roll no. 35). (text: CR 2/6/2008 H583-584) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 35 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll035.xml House 110 2008-02-07T17:24:38Z 2 2008-02-07 12:24:38 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 23 (Roll no. 35).(text: CR 2/6/2008 H583-584) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 35 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll035.xml House 110 2008-02-07T17:24:38Z 2 2008-02-07 12:16:07 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H640-641) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-06 16:50:30 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. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2008-02-06 16:19:05 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4848. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-06 16:19:03 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H583-588) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-06 16:18:00 Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-12-19 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-12-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-12-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-12-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-12-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 N S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2007-12-19 True A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2008-02-06 False D000355 Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] JOHN DINGELL D MI D. 15 2008-02-06 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2008-02-06 False M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2008-02-06 False E000287 Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] Rahm Emanuel D IL 5 2008-02-06 False Health Collection of accounts Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Hospital rates Income tax Labor and Employment Medical fees Medicare Mental health services Physicians Social Welfare Tax administration Tax returns Taxation Health 00 2007-12-19 Introduced in House 2008-02-05T22:28:09Z Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend until December 31, 2008, mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take all necessary steps to participate in the Federal Payment Levy Program as soon as possible and ensure that: (1) at least 50% of all payments under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) are processed through such program within one year after enactment of this Act; (2) at least 75% of all such payments are processed through such program within two years; and (3) all such payments are processed through such program by September 30, 2011.

Requires the Financial Management Service and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide assistance to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure that all payments are included in the Federal Payment Levy Program by the deadlines specified.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for specified expenditures from the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for payment for physicians' services.

]]> 36 2008-02-07 Passed House amended 2008-03-04T21:10:53Z Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act to extend until December 31, 2008, mental health parity provisions, which require group health plans to treat equally mental health benefits and medical and surgical benefits for purposes of lifetime limits or annual limits on benefits covered by the plan.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take all necessary steps to participate in the Federal Payment Levy Program as soon as possible and ensure that: (1) at least 50% of all payments under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) are processed through such program within one year after enactment of this Act; (2) at least 75% of all such payments are processed through such program within two years; and (3) all such payments are processed through such program by September 30, 2011.

Requires the Financial Management Service and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide assistance to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure that all payments are included in the Federal Payment Levy Program by the deadlines specified.

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offset Medicare payments by the amount of the payee's delinquent federal debt.

Requires the Secretary of HHS to provide for specified expenditures from the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for payment for physicians' services.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer specified funds from general revenues to Social Security trust funds to ensure that assets of such trust funds are not reduced as a result of enactment of this Act.

]]> To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes. Display Title To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To extend for one year parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, and for other purposes. Referred in Senate 2008-02-08T05:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4848eh/xml/BILLS-110hr4848eh.xml Introduced in House 2007-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4848ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4848ih.xml 2008-02-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.