3.0.0 1729 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T22:40:37Z To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide under the Medicare program for independent accreditation for dialysis facilities and assurance of high quality surveys with respect to such facilities. 115 3166 HR 2017-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017 115 3178 HR 2017-07-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2017-08-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2017-08-02 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-08-02 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-08-02 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2017-08-02 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-08-03 False Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health facilities and institutions Licensing and registrations Medicare Health 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-20T20:56:22Z Dialysis Access Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow renal dialysis facilities to be accredited by an approved accreditation body for participation in the Medicare program. The bill also establishes a time frame with respect to initial surveys of renal dialysis facilities.

]]> Dialysis Access Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Dialysis Access Improvement Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Dialysis Access Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for independent accreditation for dialysis facilities and assurances of high quality surveys. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1729is/xml/BILLS-115s1729is.xml 2017-08-02 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.