House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-275
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Became law on Jul 15, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2008
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 24, 2008 · 355–59
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 10, 2008
- Became lawJul 15, 2008
Latest action: Jul 15, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-275.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6331.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on June 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute as proposed by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19989
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on June 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute as proposed by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19989
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on June 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute as proposed by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 23, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41710
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on June 24, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute as proposed by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 23, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41710
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on July 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Additional information for the bill, as passed by the House of Representatives, regarding the effect on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20044
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on July 8, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Additional information for the bill, as passed by the House of Representatives, regarding the effect on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20044
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on July 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill enacted as Public Law 110-275 on July 15, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20088
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008” on July 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill enacted as Public Law 110-275 on July 15, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20088
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Congress.gov notePublic Law enacted over veto.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6331, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acf19642bd7a714ff1d73b2e9924610f9f637241706ea379e24ae8d3f0374910
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.