S 1263
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Hospital Outpatient Preservation Act of 1999
Introduced: June 22, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 22, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7459-7460)
Jun 22, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Hospital Outpatient Preservation Act of 1999 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97) to limit temporarily the reductions in Federal payments under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
Provides for the retroactive effectiveness of this Act as if included in B.B.A. '97.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1