S 1459
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Families
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
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Married people
Medicare
Medicare managed care
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Social Welfare
Medicare Return To Home Act of 1999
Introduced: July 29, 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
Jul 29, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 29, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9748)
Jul 29, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Return To Home Act of 1999 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a Medicare+Choice organization from denying coverage for services provided by a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in which the enrollee resided immediately before admission to a hospital, or located within the continuing care retirement community in which the enrollee resided immediately before admission to a hospital.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1