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HR 3714 104th Congress House

Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make certain changes to hospice care under the Medicare program.

Introduced: September 26, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 25, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Jun 25, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 10, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non-urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness.

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  • S 2034 Identical bill Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 26, 1996
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 19, 1996
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 18, 1996
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 31, 1996
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 31, 1996
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 12, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3714: Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3714/
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"H.R. 3714: Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3714/.
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H.R. 3714, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3714/.
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