HR 1837
106th Congress
House
Health
Ambulatory care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Medical fees
Medicare
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Social Welfare
Speech disorders
Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Improvement Act of 1999
Introduced: May 18, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 18, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide certain Medicare beneficiaries with an exemption to the financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of specified effects of this Act for a report to Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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