HR 4992
109th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Armed Forces and National Security
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Hospital rates
Medicare
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Medicare Assistance Act of 2006
Introduced: March 16, 2006
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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 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 16, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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 16, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans Medicare Assistance Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a Medicare subvention project under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary for Medicare health care services furnished to Medicare-eligible veterans in VA facilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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