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HR 3205 105th Congress House Health Home care services Medical fees Medicare Social Welfare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay for one year implementation of the per beneficiary limits under the interim payment system to home health agencies.

Introduced: February 12, 1998 Introduced by: McGovern, James P. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 19, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 12, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Feb 12, 1998
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.
Feb 12, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 12, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H450)
Feb 12, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to delay from FY 1998 to FY 1999 the effective date of the per beneficiary limits under the interim payment system for home health agencies. Changes from FY 1994 to FY or (at the home health agency's election) calendar 1995 the base year for calculating new payment rates under the system for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998.

What's happening now March 3, 1998

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 2
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 17, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 15, 1998
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 28, 1998
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 21, 1998
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 31, 1998
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 31, 1998
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 12, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 12, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 12, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3205: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay for one year implementation of the per beneficiary limits under the interim payment system to home health agencies.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3205/
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"H.R. 3205: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay for one year implementation of the per beneficiary limits under the interim payment system to home health agencies.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3205/.
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