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HR 4401 106th Congress House

Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a moratorium on the mandatory delay of payment of claims submitted under part B of the Medicare … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a moratorium on the mandatory delay of payment of claims submitted under part B of the Medicare Program and to establish an advanced informational infrastructure for the administration of Federal health benefits programs.

Introduced: May 9, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 31, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
May 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 9, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Government Reform, 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 9, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Government Reform, 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. (text of measure as introduced: CR H2749-2750)
May 9, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 11, 2000

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the requirement for specified delayed Medicare benefit payments under contracts with administrative carriers that provide for the disbursement of funds.

Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a Health Care Infrastructure Commission to: (1) coordinate the expertise and programs within and among Federal agencies for the purposes of designing and implementing an advanced informational infrastructure for the administration of Federal health benefits programs; and (2) conduct a study on the design and construction of an immediate claim, administration, payment resolution, and data collection system meeting certain requirements.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management to: (1) adapt such system for use under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP); and (2) require that carriers participating in FEHBP use the system to satisfy certain minimum requirements for claim submission, processing, and payment in accordance with the specified timetable.

Makes appropriations to the Health Care Infrastructure Commission.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · May 9, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4401: Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4401/
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"H.R. 4401: Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4401/.
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H.R. 4401, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4401/.
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