HCONRES 320
106th Congress
House
Health
Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency Management
Emergency medical personnel
Emergency medical services
Government Operations and Politics
Hospital personnel
Hospitals
Law
Medicare
New Jersey
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Health Care Financing Administration should consider current systems that provide better, more cost-effective emergency transport before promulgating any final rule regarding the delivery of emergency medical services.
Introduced: May 9, 2000
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Became law
May 17, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 15, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 9, 2000
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.
May 9, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Health Care Financing Administration should: (1) consider the unique nature of the emergency medical services (EMS) delivery system in New Jersey when implementing new reimbursement guidelines for paramedics and hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; and (2) promote innovative EMS systems enacted by States that reduce reimbursement costs to the Medicare program while ensuring that all residents receive quick and appropriate emergency care when needed.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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