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A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to act within two days on requests of hospital inpatients for reconsideration of determinations denying…

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A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to act within two days on requests of hospital inpatients for reconsideration of determinations denying payment for continuing care in the hospital.

Introduced: February 27, 1986 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 3, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 27, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 27, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends part B (Peer Review) of title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations receiving a Medicare beneficiary's request, while such beneficiary is still a hospital inpatient, for reconsideration of a determination denying payment for continuing inpatient hospital care to give the beneficiary notice of its reconsidered determination within two days of receiving the request.

What's happening now March 6, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 16, 1986
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4275: A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to act within two days on requests of hospital inpatients for reconsideration of determinations denying payment for continuing care in the hospital.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4275/
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"H.R. 4275: A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to act within two days on requests of hospital inpatients for reconsideration of determinations denying payment for continuing care in the hospital.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4275/.
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H.R. 4275, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4275/.
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[H.R. 4275: A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to act within two days on requests of hospital inpatients for reconsideration of determinations denying payment for continuing care in the hospital.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4275/)
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