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HR 1200 102th Congress House

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided not later than 30 days after a period of h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided not later than 30 days after a period of hospitalization of not fewer than 3 consecutive days in order to be covered under part A of the medicare program, and to expand home health services under such program.

Introduced: July 9, 1991 See on congress.gov
Health Home care servicesHospital careLong-term careMedicare
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NursingNursing homesParamedical personnel
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 8, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 1991
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 1991
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 28, 1991
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action March 11, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided within a certain period following hospitalization in order to be covered under the Hospital Insurance Program; and (2) cover nursing care and home health aide services provided or needed on an intermittent basis.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1572 Identical bill Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11 Independent 1
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Nov 14, 1991
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Nov 14, 1991
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Oct 23, 1991
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Oct 23, 1991
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 23, 1991
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 9, 1991
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 9, 1991
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 9, 1991
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 14, 1991
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 24, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 1991
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 18, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1200: Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1200/
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"H.R. 1200: Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1200/.
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H.R. 1200, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1200/.
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