To amend the Social Security Act with respect to limiting the use of automatic stays and discharge in bankruptcy proceedings for provider liability for health care fraud.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 11, 1997)
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the automatic stay requirements of the bankruptcy code and to make nondischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings: (1) any civil monetary penalty or program exclusion imposed on a health care provider by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2) any recoupment of a Medicare overpayment.
What just happenedSep 19, 1997
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 11, 1997
- Sep 19, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 19, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee - Sep 19, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Sep 11, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 11, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 11, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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 11, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee - Sep 11, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1739)
- Sep 11, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House