Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2199 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2199 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2025 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To restore the MSPA's protections for ESRD patients by ensuring that private health plans do not discriminate against such patients or adversely classify dialysis as compared to other covered medical services. (2) To prohibit health insurance plans from shifting primary responsibility for covering the cost of health care services needed by patients with ESRD to the Medicare program. (3) To affirm Congress' intent by clarifying that singling out dialysis services for disfavored treatment through coverage limitations as compared to other covered health services constitutes inappropriate differentiations be