Hospital Length of Stay Act of 1998
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 15, 1998)
Hospital Length of Stay Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that group and individual health insurance coverage, as well as supplemental insurance policies under Medicare and managed care plans under Medicaid, provide coverage for hospital lengths of stay as determined by the attending health care provider in consultation with the patient.
What just happenedJul 24, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 15, 1998
- Jul 24, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jul 23, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jul 15, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 15, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Jul 15, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
- Jul 15, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 15, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 15, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House