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Safe Seniors Assurance Study Act of 1999

Introduced: February 9, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 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.
Feb 9, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Seniors Assurance Study Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the mortality and adverse outcomes rates of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) patients by providers of anesthesia services (service providers).

Provides that if the HHS Secretary determines that lack of physician supervision of service providers results in an adverse impact on outcome rates of Medicare patients, then such providers under Medicare or Medicaid (SSA title XIX) shall be supervised by a physician in the same manner as they are supervised under HHS regulations in effect on January 1, 1999.

What's happening now March 11, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 22, 2000
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 19, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 6, 1999
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 15, 1999
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 23, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 9, 1999
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 9, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 632: Safe Seniors Assurance Study Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-632/
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"H.R. 632: Safe Seniors Assurance Study Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-632/.
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H.R. 632, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-632/.
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