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H.R. 4491 (108th)

To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduction in Medicare payment for certain items of durable medical equipment.

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Introduced

2 June 2004

Last action

7 June 2004 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7], Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5], Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4], Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1], Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3], Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12], Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4], Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

2 January 2025

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Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal the reduction in Medicare payment for certain items of durable medical equipment.

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Timeline

  1. 2 June 2004

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 June 2004

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 June 2004

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  4. 2 June 2004

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

  5. 2 June 2004

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

  6. 7 June 2004

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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