Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 4, 1997)
Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover any other item or service which is specified in the plan and for which payment may otherwise be made under Medicare; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non-urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness.
What just happenedAug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 4, 1997
- Aug 5, 1997CommitteeH19100
See H.R.2015.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 14, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 12, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100-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.
- Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E133-134)
- Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House