S 1783
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative procedure
Case mix (Medical care)
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Hospital rates
Labor and Employment
Law
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Wages
Long-Stay Hospital Payment Improvement Act of 1999
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 25, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 25, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Long-Stay Hospital Payment Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient long-stay hospital services.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1783: Long-Stay Hospital Payment Improvement Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1783/
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