3.0.0 2430 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z Senate S S 2014-06-04 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-06-04T21:05:10Z SIGMA Act of 2014 113 4158 HR 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2014-06-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2014-06-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3426-3428) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2014-06-10 False Health Abortion Accounting and auditing Comprehensive health care Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Income tax credits Medicaid Performance measurement Religion Sales and excise taxes Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Health 00 2014-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-02T17:38:39Z Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act of 2014 or the SIGMA Act of 2014 - Establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the implementation and administration of programs and activities established under, and payment system changes made by, the Affordable Care Act (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010). Requires the Special Inspector General to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Requires the Special Inspector General to appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations.

Places the Special Inspector General under the supervision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), but prohibits federal agencies involved in implementing or administering the Affordable Care Act from preventing or prohibiting the Special Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation.

]]> SIGMA Act of 2014 Display Title SIGMA Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SIGMA Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2430is/xml/BILLS-113s2430is.xml 2014-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.