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HR 1413 106th Congress House Health Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Families Managed care Medical fees Medicare Medigap Military dependents Military hospitals Military medicine Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Social Welfare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and make permanent the Medicare demonstration project for military retirees and dependents.

Introduced: April 14, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 6, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 14, 1999
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.
Apr 14, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increases the number of authorized sites for the Medicare subvention demonstration project for certain Medicare-eligible military retirees and their dependents (a project established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act). Provides for the future repeal of the limitation on the number of such sites (thus allowing the project to be conducted at any site designed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Defense acting jointly). Makes the project permanent, with its cap on the aggregate amount of calendar year reimbursement that may be made under the project to end after calendar year 2000.

Makes further changes regarding the project, permitting payment under it to be made on a fee-for-service basis for certain project enrollees, and eliminating certain restrictive project participation policy. Applies to certain Medigap (Medicare supplemental health insurance policy) enrollees the same protections (prohibitions against issuer discrimination) as apply to enrollment (and termination of enrollment) with a Medicare+Choice organization in a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).

What's happening now May 6, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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