HR 1006
106th Congress
House
Health
Case mix (Medical care)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Hospital personnel
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Mental health services
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Psychiatric hospitals
Social Welfare
Wages
Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1999
Introduced: March 4, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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