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HR 188 104th Congress House Health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Medicare Nurses Nursing Physicians' assistants Surgery

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment under the medicare program for services of registered nurses as assistants at surgery.

Introduced: January 4, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jan 27, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 13, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 4, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 4, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, on an assigned basis and through direct payments, certain services of registered nurses as assistants at surgery under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to recommend to the Congress adjustments in part B payments so that they approximate the costs of such services, taking into account costs of compensation, overhead, and supervision.

What's happening now January 27, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 16, 1996
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 8, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 188: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment under the medicare program for services of registered nurses as assistants at surgery.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-188/
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"H.R. 188: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment under the medicare program for services of registered nurses as assistants at surgery.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-188/.
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H.R. 188, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-188/.
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