HR 1200
102th Congress
House
Health
Home care services
Hospital care
Long-term care
Medicare
Nursing
Nursing homes
Paramedical personnel
Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991
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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Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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Bill text
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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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