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Medicare Universal Product Number Act of 1998

Introduced: February 24, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 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
Introduced in House
Feb 24, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E212-213)
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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Universal Product Number Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for assigning a universal product number (UPN) to every covered item of durable medical equipment, including surgical dressings and splints, prosthetic devices, braces, and artificial limbs. Requires that each request for payment, or bill submitted, after February 1, 2001, for a covered item include its proper UPN.

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 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Aug 6, 1998
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 21, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3255: Medicare Universal Product Number Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3255/
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"H.R. 3255: Medicare Universal Product Number Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3255/.
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H.R. 3255, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3255/.
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