S 2308
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medicaid
Poor
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Act of 2000
Introduced: March 28, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1822)
Mar 28, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1822)
Mar 28, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Act of 2000 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with respect to provisions regarding adjustments in payments for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), to require DSH allotments for FY 2002 (currently, FY 2003) and succeeding fiscal years to be equal to the allotment for the State for the preceding fiscal year. Sets the DSH allotment for FY 2001 at the FY 2000 level.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1822)
Committees of jurisdiction
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