HR 4499 · 114th Congress · Health

PROP Act of 2016

Introduced 2016-02-09· Sponsored by Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2016-02-11)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 or the PROP Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude certain pain-related measures for purposes of calculating incentive payments under the value-based purchasing program (VBP). (VBP is a program that links hospital payments to the quality of care provided.) Specifically, VPB measures shall not include measures based on a patient's assessment of: (1) the patient's need for pain medicine during a hospital stay; (2) how often, during the stay, the patient's pain was well controlled; or (3) how often, during the stay, hospital staff did everything they could to help manage the patient's pain.…

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Cosponsors (20)

5 Democrats15 Republicans
Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]KY
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]NH
Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]VA
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1]NH
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]MA
Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]MI
Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]GA
Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]WV
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]WV
Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]FL
Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]TN
Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]TN
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]NY
Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10]IL
Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]SC
Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]CA
Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]LA
Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]OH
Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]MA