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HR 351 106th Congress House

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the…

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.

Introduced: March 3, 1999 See on congress.gov
Health Collection of accountsCommerceGovernment Operations and PoliticsIntergovernmental fiscal relations
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LawMedicaidSocial WelfareTobacco settlement
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 29, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 29, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any Medicaid-related funds recovered or paid to a State as part of a settlement or judgment reached in litigation the State initiated or pursued against one or more tobacco companies from being treated as an overpayment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Republican 8 Independent 1
QUINN, JACK
· May 18, 1999
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · May 5, 1999
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· May 5, 1999
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Apr 29, 1999
CRANE, PHILIP
· Apr 12, 1999
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Mar 25, 1999
TAUZIN, W.
· Mar 16, 1999
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Mar 15, 1999
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Mar 11, 1999
FLETCHER, ERNEST
· Mar 10, 1999
OSE, DOUG
· Mar 10, 1999
TURNER, JIM
· Mar 10, 1999
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Mar 3, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 3, 1999
COMBEST, LARRY
· Mar 2, 1999
LUCAS, KEN
· Mar 2, 1999
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Mar 1, 1999
GOSS, PORTER
· Mar 1, 1999
LAMPSON, NICK
· Mar 1, 1999
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Feb 23, 1999
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Feb 23, 1999
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Feb 11, 1999
SANDLIN, MAX
· Feb 10, 1999
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 2, 1999
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 2, 1999
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Jan 19, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 19, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 351: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-351/
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"H.R. 351: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-351/.
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H.R. 351, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-351/.
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[H.R. 351: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-351/)
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