H.R. 3922—Community Health And Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017
H.R. 3922 - Community Health And Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017
Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 3:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Bill Text
Community Health And Medical Professionals Improve Our Nation Act of 2017 (as reported)
H. Rept. 115-359, Part IPDF
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by the Hon. Greg Walden (OR) PDF
An amendment to reauthorize the CHIP program and extend various public health programs.
:: Summary of ANS provided by the Committee on Energy and Commerce PDF
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 115-382PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 7-3 on Wednesday, November 01, 2017.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 601:
Agreed to by record vote of 231-192, after agreeing to the previous questions by record vote of 230-191 on Thursday, November 2, 2017.
MANAGERS: Burgess/Slaughter
1. Closed rule.
2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Walden (OR) | Republican | SUBSTITUTE Reauthorizes the CHIP program and extend various public health programs. | Considered as Adopted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Kennedy (MA), Meehan (PA), Napolitano (CA) | Bi-Partisan | Ensures mental and behavioral health care parity for CHIP beneficiaries, including both children and pregnant women. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Duncan (TN), Roe (TN) | Republican | Allows the Secretary to award supplemental grant funds to health centers to implement models related to permitting medical professionals with out-of-state, active, unencumbered licenses to use the health centers’ grounds and facilities in order to volunteer their services as within the scope of their practices on behalf of a nonprofit organization without any compensation for periods not to exceed 7 consecutive days, if the State involved is notified of such permission. (This is in addition to the bill's current list of items to which models can be related.) | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Cárdenas , Tony (CA) | Democrat | Strikes the Prevention and Public Health Fund as an offset. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Walden (OR) | Republican | Relating to the Prevention and Public Health Fund, and adjustments to Medicare Part B and Part D premium subsidies for higher income individuals. | Considered as Adopted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Pallone (NJ) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Extends funding for critically important healthcare programs such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Community Health Centers that were last authorized in the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The amendment does so without making it harder for people to keep their health insurance or gutting funding for public health programs supported by the Prevention Fund. Instead, it fully pays for these policies with a commonsense offset. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 135
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment # 6, offered by Rep. Pallone Jr. (NJ), which extends funding for critically important healthcare programs such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Community Health Centers that were last authorized in the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The amendment does so without making it harder for people to keep their health insurance or gutting funding for public health programs supported by the Prevention Fund. Instead, it fully pays for these policies with a commonsense offset. Defeated: 3–7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 136
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3