HR 418
106th Congress
House
Health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Electronic data interchange
Medical supplies
Medicare
Product coding
Prosthesis
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surgery
Medicare Universal Product Number Act of 1999
Introduced: January 19, 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
Apr 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 3, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 19, 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.
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Universal Product Number Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for assigning a universal product number (UPN) to every covered item of durable medical equipment, including surgical dressings and splints, prosthetic devices, braces, and artificial limbs. Requires that each request for payment, or bill submitted, after February 1, 2002, for a covered item include its proper UPN.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1