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Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997

Introduced: February 4, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
Feb 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 12, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 1997
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 4, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 4, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E133-134)
Feb 4, 1997
Introduced in House
Feb 4, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover any other item or service which is specified in the plan and for which payment may otherwise be made under Medicare; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non-urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness.

What's happening now August 5, 1997

See H.R.2015.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 734 Identical bill Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997
  • HR 2015 Procedurally related Balanced Budget Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 2 Independent 1
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 4, 1997
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 22, 1997
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 22, 1997
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · May 6, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 11, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 4, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 12, 1997
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Feb 4, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 4, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 521: Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-521/
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"H.R. 521: Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-521/.
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H.R. 521, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-521/.
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