3.0.0 1198 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z 2023-01-11T13:31:13Z Senate S 2015-05-05 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-05T21:33:12Z Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act 114 1936 HR 2015-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-05-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2015-05-05 True Social Welfare Civil actions and liability Disability assistance Evidence and witnesses Fraud offenses and financial crimes Health information and medical records Medicare Social Welfare 00 2015-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-01T18:26:30Z Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act

This bill amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from considering (except for good cause) any medical evidence with respect to whether an individual is under a disability which is furnished by: (1) any individual convicted of a felony relating to Medicare fraud, (2) any individual or entity excluded from participation in any federal health care program, and (3) any person with respect to whom a civil monetary penalty or assessment has been imposed for the submission of false evidence.

]]> Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act Display Title Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude certain medical sources of evidence in making disability determinations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1198is/xml/BILLS-114s1198is.xml 2015-05-05 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.