HR 2618
106th Congress
House
Health
Collection of accounts
Finance and Financial Sector
Home care services
Interest
Interest rates
Medical fees
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Medicare Home Health Improvement Act of 1999
Introduced: July 27, 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
Aug 27, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Aug 3, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 27, 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.
Jul 27, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Home Health Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97) to eliminate the 15 percent automatic reduction in payment amounts to home health agencies furnishing home health services under the Medicare program.
Allows home health agencies to elect to repay certain overpayments made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services over a 36-month no-interest grace period. Makes such an election effective as if included in BBA '97.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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