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S 1958 97th Congress Senate Health Hospices (Terminal care) Medicare Social Welfare

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of hospice care under the Medicare program.

Introduced: December 15, 1981 See on congress.gov
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Dec 29, 1981
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.
Dec 15, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Dec 15, 1981
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to elect hospice care, in lieu of certain other benefits, during two periods of 180 days each during the individual's lifetime.

Provides for full reimbursement of reasonable costs to a hospice program, subject to a ceiling. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the hospice reimbursement method.

Defines hospice care as including items and services furnished to the terminally ill in their homes, on an outpatient basis, and on a short term inpatient basis.

What's happening now December 29, 1981

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 24, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1958: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of hospice care under the Medicare program.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1958/
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