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HR 3567 105th Congress House

Medicare Home Health Equity Act of 1998

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable payments to home health agencies under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: March 30, 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
Jun 10, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1096)
May 4, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 26, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Mar 26, 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.
Mar 26, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 26, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E494-495)
Mar 26, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 10, 1998

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1096)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Home Health Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) restoration of the per visit cost limit to 112 percent of the mean of costs with regard to payments to home health agencies under Medicare; and (2) revision of the interim payment system for home health services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 5 Republican 2 Independent 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 16, 1998
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Jul 31, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 14, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 16, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 3, 1998
DOOLEY, CAL
· May 19, 1998
SANDLIN, MAX
· May 19, 1998
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 12, 1998
GOSS, PORTER
· May 7, 1998
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· May 5, 1998
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Apr 30, 1998
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Apr 29, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 30, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 30, 1998
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 26, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3567: Medicare Home Health Equity Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3567/
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"H.R. 3567: Medicare Home Health Equity Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3567/.
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