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HR 2923 104th Congress House Health California Health maintenance organizations Medicare

To extend for 4 additional years the waiver granted to the Watts Health Foundation from the membership mix requirement for health maintenance organizations participating in the Medicare program.

Introduced: January 31, 1996 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 2, 1996
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 1996.
Sep 25, 1996
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 2, 1996.
Sep 25, 1996
Reported by the Committee on Commerce. H. Rept. 104-844, Part I.
Sep 18, 1996
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 18, 1996
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 18, 1996
Subcommittee on Health and Environment Discharged.
Feb 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 6, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 31, 1996
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 31, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to extend until January 1, 2000, the waiver granted to the Watts Health Foundation (a health maintenance organization) from the requirement that at least 50 percent of the population of the area served by a health maintenance organization consist of individuals entitled to benefits under a Medicare plan.

What's happening now October 2, 1996

House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 1996.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2923: To extend for 4 additional years the waiver granted to the Watts Health Foundation from the membership mix requirement for health maintenance organizations participating in the Medicare program.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2923/
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"H.R. 2923: To extend for 4 additional years the waiver granted to the Watts Health Foundation from the membership mix requirement for health maintenance organizations participating in the Medicare program.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2923/.
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H.R. 2923, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2923/.
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[H.R. 2923: To extend for 4 additional years the waiver granted to the Watts Health Foundation from the membership mix requirement for health maintenance organizations participating in the Medicare program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2923/)
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