HR 3070
102th Congress
House
Health
Budget deficits
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Medical economics
Medicare
Off-budget expenditures
Physicians
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Amendments of 1991
Introduced: July 29, 1991
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Aug 1, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 29, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 29, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 29, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Amendments of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the transition rules for phasing in the resource-based relative value scale (RB RVS) method of payment for physician services to prohibit adjustments for asymmetry in the transition and for behavioral responses.
Declares spending under this Act to be an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and exempt from sequestration.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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