HR 1401
99th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Health
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
Medicare
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for medicare coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care programs.
Introduced: March 5, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 5, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 5, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 5, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that if the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters into a risk-sharing contract with an eligible organization (either a health maintenance organization or a competitive medical plan) offering a "hospital-based comprehensive care program," then the entity need not meet certain requirements for Medicare participation which would otherwise have to be met. Defines a "hospital-based comprehensive care program."
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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