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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of…

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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

Introduced: February 4, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 4, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S379-380)
Feb 4, 1998
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to repeal a specified restriction on Medicare payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care.

What's happening now February 4, 1998

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 4, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1604: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1604/
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"S. 1604: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1604/.
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S. 1604, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1604/.
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