HR 2938
105th Congress
House
Health
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Tobacco settlement
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.
Introduced: November 8, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Nov 8, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to declare that any Medicaid-related funds recovered or paid to a State as part of a settlement or judgment reached in litigation the State initiated or pursued against one or more tobacco companies shall not be treated as an overpayment.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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