3.0.0 3195 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T21:19:12Z BREATH Act of 2016 114 6012 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2016-07-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2016-07-13 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2016-09-08 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2016-09-13 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Medicare Health 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-16T19:54:05Z Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2016 or the BREATH Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish policies and standards for determining the appropriate use of certain ventilators under the Medicare program.

Subject to budget neutrality requirements, the bill: (1) increases the Medicare payment rate for such ventilators for 2017; and (2) for subsequent years, establishes a new base payment rate based on the percentage change, between 2015 and 2017, in the total number of beneficiaries receiving such ventilators under Medicare.

]]> BREATH Act of 2016 Display Title BREATH Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced BREATH Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Beneficiary Respiratory Equipment Access and Transparency to Home Ventilator Care Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve Medicare beneficiary access to ventilators, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3195is/xml/BILLS-114s3195is.xml 2016-07-13 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.