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H.R. 2701 (105th)

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

22 October 1997

Last action

28 October 1997 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2099)

Sponsors

Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-7], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27], Rep. Mascara, Frank [D-PA-20], Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34], Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-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: (1) enrolled under a risk-sharing contract with an eligible organization and entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance); or (2) enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice).

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Timeline

  1. 22 October 1997

    Introduced

    Referred to House Ways and Means

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 October 1997

    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. 22 October 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 22 October 1997

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 23 October 1997

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2065-2066)

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 24 October 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 27 October 1997

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

  8. 28 October 1997

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2099)

    Source: IntroReferral

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  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 21 October 1997

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