3.0.0 1676 2022-11-01T06:02:36Z 2022-11-01T06:02:36Z Senate S 2019-05-23 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-23T20:46:07Z Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act 116 3912 HR 2019-07-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-05-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2019-05-23 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-09-17 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Hospital care Medical education Medical research Medicare Minority health Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Student aid and college costs Health 00 2019-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-04T20:30:25Z Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019

This bill addresses Medicare coverage for and access to treatment for chronic kidney disease. Specifically, the bill modifies provisions related to coverage by (1) allowing certain Medicare beneficiaries who have End Stage Renal Disease to enroll in Medicare supplemental policies, and (2) establishing new Medicare payment structures for renal dialysis services. Among other changes, the bill (1) provides for alternative payment methodologies for certain new drugs, biologics, and devices that are renal dialysis services; (2) revises quality measures; (3) establishes an incentive payment methodology; and (4) increases access to kidney disease education services.

In addition, the bill requires information sharing between hospitals and renal dialysis centers in some circumstances as well as federal studies on issues related to kidney disease, including the use of palliative care and ways to increase transplantation rates.

The Department of Health and Human Services may also award National Health Services Corps scholarships and loan repayment to nephrology health professionals.

]]> Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019 Display Title Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1676is/xml/BILLS-116s1676is.xml 2019-05-23 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.