[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9958-9959]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 11:51 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:


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       H.R. 2505. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to require the annual reporting of data on 
     enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans.
       H.R. 2507. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to establish an annual rulemaking schedule for 
     payment rates under Medicare Advantage.
       H.R. 2570. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient 
     encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining 
     meaningful EHR use, establish a demonstration program 
     requiring the utilization of Value-Based Insurance Design to 
     demonstrate that reducing the copayments or coinsurance 
     charged to Medicare beneficiaries for selected high-value 
     prescription medications and clinical services can increase 
     their utilization and ultimately improve clinical outcomes 
     and lower health care expenditures, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2582. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to delay the authority to terminate Medicare 
     Advantage contracts for MA plans failing to achieve minimum 
     quality ratings, to make improvements to the Medicare 
     Adjustment risk adjustment system, and for other purposes.
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  At 1:23 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House 
agrees to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2146) to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement 
officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-
free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of 
the Senate.

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