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HR 2870 106th Congress House Health Blind Disabled Eye care Medicare Rehabilitation of the disabled Self-help devices for the disabled Social Welfare Vision disorders

Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Coverage Act of 1999

Introduced: September 15, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 20, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 15, 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.
Sep 15, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Coverage Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of vision rehabilitation services under the Medicare program.
What's happening now October 6, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 14 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Thompson, Mike
California · Oct 10, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 19, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 19, 2000
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 14, 2000
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 7, 2000
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 19, 2000
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 11, 2000
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 18, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 18, 1999
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 26, 1999
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 20, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 18, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 14, 1999
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 27, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 15, 1999
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 15, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2870: Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Coverage Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2870/
MLA
"H.R. 2870: Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Coverage Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2870/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2870, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2870/.
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