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HR 1030 100th Congress House Social Welfare Communications and Broadcasting Emergency communication systems Emergency medical services Health Medicare Telephone

A bill to provide for 30 demonstration projects for the use of personal emergency response systems under the medicare program.

Introduced: February 5, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 19, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 12, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 5, 1987
Introduced in House
Feb 5, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 5, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract for 30 demonstration projects providing Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) coverage for personal emergency response systems.

Requires each personal emergency response system to include: (1) communication equipment located in the home which transmits signals for emergency medical assistance over the telephone; (2) a local response center which monitors such signals and is operated by an agency which offers medical, public safety, or similar services as its primary function; and (3) medical personnel or other persons who provide emergency medical assistance upon notification by the local response center of a Medicare participant's need for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such projects and transmit a report to the Congress by July 1990 which includes legislative recommendations concerning the efficiency and economic feasibility of providing Medicare coverage for such systems.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989.

What's happening now February 19, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 9, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1030: A bill to provide for 30 demonstration projects for the use of personal emergency response systems under the medicare program.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1030/
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"H.R. 1030: A bill to provide for 30 demonstration projects for the use of personal emergency response systems under the medicare program.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1030/.
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H.R. 1030, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1030/.
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