3.0.0 3128 2023-01-11T13:24:11Z 2023-01-11T13:24:11Z House H HR 2013-09-18 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MATSUI:H.R. 3128.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H5655]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-18T14:01:50Z 2013-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] Doris Matsui D CA O. 6 N T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 2013-09-19 False S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 38 2013-09-30 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2013-10-01 False L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2013-10-11 False Health Civil actions and liability Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Medicare Mental health Health 00 2013-09-18 Introduced in House 2013-11-13T17:30:43Z Protect Patients Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject to civil monetary penalties any psychiatric hospitals or psychiatric units determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) not to have in place a discharge planning process meeting certain requirements.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a system improvement agreement, meeting specified criteria,with a psychiatric hospital or a psychiatric unit that has been determined on multiple occasions not to have such a discharge planning process in place; and (2) appoint temporary management to oversee its operation in the event that the hospital or unit still fails to have a sufficient discharge planning process in place 45 days after entering into such an agreement.

]]> Protect Patients Act Display Title Protect Patients Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional penalties applicable to psychiatric hospitals and units that fail to comply with Medicare discharge planning process requirements. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protect Patients Act Introduced in House 2013-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3128ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3128ih.xml 2013-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.