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HR 3678 104th Congress House Health Extended care facilities Home care services Hospices (Terminal care) Medicare Nursing homes Prospective payment systems (Medical care)

To extend the Medicare waiver of liability provisions for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities.

Introduced: June 19, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 19, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, to extend the Medicare waiver of liability provisions (presumption of lack of knowledge of exclusion) for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities.

What's happening now June 19, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 19, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3678: To extend the Medicare waiver of liability provisions for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3678/
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"H.R. 3678: To extend the Medicare waiver of liability provisions for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3678/.
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H.R. 3678, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3678/.
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