Veterans Medicare Reimbursement Demonstration Act of 1997

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Introduced

17 April 1997

Last action

1 August 1997 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1614-1615)

Summary

Veterans Medicare Reimbursement Demonstration Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly carry out a demonstration project, during the three-year period beginning on January 1, 1998, under which the HHS Secretary provides the VA with reimbursement from the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) for health-care services provided to targeted Medicare-eligible veterans in or through selected VA facilities. Provides for: (1) the waiver of certain Medicare requirements in order to carry out the project; and (2) selection of participating VA facilities (requires the VA Secretary to designate up to three geographic service areas from which such facilities are to be selected and to establish a selection plan). Requires at least one facility selected to be in the same catchment area as a military medical facility which was closed pursuant to a defense base closure law. Requires project participation to be voluntary. Directs the VA Secretary to establish requirements for participating veterans. Requires project reimbursement at a rate equal to 95 percent of amounts that would otherwise be payable under the Medicare program if the facility were not a Federal facility, were participating in the project, and imposed charges for such services. Requires reimbursement payments periodically from Medicare trust funds, with an annual Medicare payment limit of $50 million. Requires reductions in such payments when the amount of actual VA medical expenditures for targeted veterans is less than the amount of the maintenance of effort level (as defined under this Act) for such fiscal year. Directs the Secretaries to compare the expenditures made under the project to the expenditures that would have been made for such veterans if the project had not been conducted, and to take appropriate steps if the expenditures under the Medicare program increased as a result of the project. Requires annual audits by the Comptroller General. Requires: (1) an independent entity to undertake an ongoing project evaluation and report results to the Secretaries and appropriate congressional committees; and (2) a report from the Secretaries to the Congress on possible project extension and expansion. Directs the Secretaries to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a new demonstration project to reimburse the VA Secretary for health care services furnished to targeted Medicare-eligible veterans enrolled in managed health care plans established by such Secretary.

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Timeline

17 April 1997
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Health Prior to Introduction (Mar 24, 97).
Source: Committee
17 April 1997
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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
17 April 1997
Introduced
Referred to House Ways and Means
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E697)
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 1997
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 1997
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 April 1997
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
29 April 1997
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Source: Committee
8 May 1997
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
15 May 1997
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
15 May 1997
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
21 May 1997
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
21 May 1997
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
16 July 1997
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 105-186, Part I.
Source: Committee
16 July 1997
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 105-186, Part I.
Source: Committee
1 August 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1614-1615)
Source: IntroReferral

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