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HR 989 106th Congress House

Hospital Length of Stay Act of 1999

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require that gr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans and managed care plans under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs provide coverage for hospital lengths of stay as determined by the attending health care provider in consultation with the patient.

Introduced: April 13, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Mar 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 26, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 16, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 4, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
Mar 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 30, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hospital Length of Stay Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require that group and individual health insurance coverage, as well as supplemental insurance policies under Medicare and managed care plans under Medicaid, provide coverage for hospital lengths of stay as determined by the attending health care provider in consultation with the patient.

Provides for similar application of the amendments made above under the Public Health Service Act to other health care coverage, including that afforded to: (1) enrollees in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program; (2) members and certain former members of the uniformed services and their dependents; (3) veterans; (4) participants in the Children's Health Insurance Program under SSA title XXI; and (5) Indians under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 20, 1999
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 13, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 25, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 989: Hospital Length of Stay Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-989/
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