HR 3247
105th Congress
House
Health
Ambulances
Bribery
Charities
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drugs
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Hospitals
Medicaid
Medical supplies
Medicare
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Community Safety Act of 1998
Introduced: February 24, 1998
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 27, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 24, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 24, 1998
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.
Feb 24, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Feb 24, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Community Safety Act of 1998 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to exempt from certain (anti-kickback) criminal penalties any hospital remunerations to an ambulance provider owned or operated by a State or local government or tax-exempt charitable organization that are in kind replenishments of certain ambulance drugs and supplies used during the transport of a patient to the hospital. Prohibits the determination of such remuneration in a manner that takes into account the volume or value of any referrals or business otherwise generated between the parties for which payment may be made in whole or part under a Federal health care program.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1