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HR 1006 106th Congress House

Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1999

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a prospective payment system for services furnished by psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: June 30, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 16, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 4, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 16, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for a prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facility hospital services; and (2) exempt such services from certain reductions under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA'97), and, instead limit payment to not less than a certain applicable percentage of the amount that would have been paid if such reductions did not apply.

Provides that the amendments made by this Act shall apply as if included in the enactment of BBA'97.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 14, 1999
CRANE, PHILIP
· Jun 30, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 6, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 1999
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Mar 4, 1999
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Mar 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1006: Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1006/
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