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Community Safety Act of 1998

Introduced: February 24, 1998 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 3, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 30, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3247: Community Safety Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3247/
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"H.R. 3247: Community Safety Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3247/.
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H.R. 3247, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3247/.
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