United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1544 (106th)
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to provide Medicare beneficiaries greater information with respect to various courses of treatment for certain diseases or injuries to enable the beneficiaries to make more informed decisions when selecting a course of treatment for the disease or injury.
Introduced
22 April 1999
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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3 June 2026
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish specified demonstration projects designed to furnish a Medicare beneficiary diagnosed with a particular disease or injury informational videotapes before he or she elects a course of treatment for that disease or injury. Mandates that one project provide such a video on prostate enlargement. Directs the Institute of Medicine to develop demonstrations of such videotapes.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 22 April 1999
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 22 April 1999
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 22 April 1999
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/1544
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1544