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Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

H.R. 6860 Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) In committee
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  1. Introduced Dec 19
  2. Committee Dec 19
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Dec 19, 2023Next: House vote
680d ago Dec 17, 2024: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Summary

This bill amends the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to clarify and preserve protections for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by prohibiting private health plans from discriminating against them or treating dialysis services less favorably than other covered medical services. It also affirms that plans may still choose which dialysis providers to include in their networks.

Sec. 2, Purposes: The bill aims to restore protections for ESRD patients by ensuring private health plans do not discriminate against them or classify dialysis unfavorably compared to other services. It prohibits shifting primary cost responsibility to Medicare and clarifies that singling out dialysis for coverage limitations is inappropriate differentiation, but does not affect a plan's ability to limit which dialysis providers are in its network.

Sec. 3, Clarification and preservation of prohibition under the Medicare program: This section amends the Social Security Act to specify that group health plans may not differentiate benefits based on ESRD diagnosis, need for dialysis, or in any other manner. It adds that nothing requires a plan to include a particular dialysis provider in its network, and the Secretary must enforce this consistently with existing federal regulations.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in House (Dec 19, 2023), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

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