Medicare Geographic Reclassifications Equity Act of 1999

Summary

Medicare Geographic Reclassifications Equity Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another urban area produce no reduced wage indexes for the urban area in which the hospital was originally classified.

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Timeline

1. 3 November 1999

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 November 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 November 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 15 November 1999

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 3 November 1999 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 3 November 1999

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 3 November 1999

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 November 1999

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Sponsors

• Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] · D · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing

Related records

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