Home Health Patient Protection Act of 1998
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 17, 1998)
Home Health Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XI and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of a program to prevent the abuse of home health patients through: (1) screening of home health agency workers through background checks; and (2) a prohibition against hiring abusive workers.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Registry of Abusive Home Health Workers, which shall be used in such background checks.
What just happenedSep 30, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 17, 1998
- Sep 30, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
- Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 17, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House