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H.R. 1103 (106th)

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.

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Introduced

11 March 1999

Last action

12 May 1999 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E946-947)

Sponsors

Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Mascara, Frank [D-PA-20], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]

Subjects

Healthcare, Budget

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare · Budget

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Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to: (1) remove from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations those amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make direct payments to a DSH for any individual who is enrolled under a risk-sharing contract with an eligible organization and entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or who is enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).

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Timeline

  1. 11 March 1999

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 March 1999

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 11 March 1999

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E399)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 11 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 11 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 17 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 30 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  8. 12 May 1999

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E946-947)

    Source: IntroReferral

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