3.0.0 148 2023-01-11T13:28:53Z 2023-01-11T13:28:53Z Senate S 2015-01-12 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-12T23:28:34Z Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 114 284 HR 2015-03-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 114 2 HR 2015-04-16 Became Public Law No: 114-10. Related bill CRS 2015-01-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-01-12 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2015-01-12 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-01-12 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-01-12 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-02-25 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2015-03-16 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2015-03-19 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2015-03-19 False H.R.2 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2 Health Health technology, devices, supplies Licensing and registrations Medicare Public contracts and procurement Health 00 2015-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-26T19:44:42Z Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from accepting a bid from an entity for an area unless it: (1) meets state licensure requirements for the area for all items in the submitted bid for a product category, and (2) has obtained a bid surety bond of between $50,000 and $100,000 for each such area.

Prescribes requirements for the treatment of losing bidders and successful bidders that do not accept a contract.

]]> Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s148is/xml/BILLS-114s148is.xml 2015-01-12 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.