3.0.0 1533 2023-01-11T13:37:07Z 2023-01-11T13:37:07Z Senate S 2017-07-12 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-12T16:45:52Z HELLPP Act 115 1542 HR 2017-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-07-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-07-12 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-07-12 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-07-12 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-07-12 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-07-12 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2017-07-20 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-04-11 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2018-06-11 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-11-28 False Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Medicaid Medicare Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Health 00 2017-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-22T16:13:47Z Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or the HELLPP Act

This bill adds podiatrists as covered physicians under the Medicaid program.

Documentation requirements related to Medicare coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes are revised.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier to a continuing levy for federal taxes owed by the provider or supplier.

]]> HELLPP Act Display Title HELLPP Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend title XVIII of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to be included under Medicare, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced HELLPP Act Short Titles as Introduced Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-saving access to Podiatric Physicians Act Introduced in Senate 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1533is/xml/BILLS-115s1533is.xml 2017-07-12 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.