Medicare Respite and Home Health Benefit Amendments of 1990

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Medicare Respite and Home Health Benefit Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover up to 80 hours of annual in-home respite care furnished to an individual who has incurred expenses equal to a specified Medicare Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) cost-sharing limit and, for the preceding three months: (1) has been unable to perform at least two specified daily living activities without the assistance of an uncompensated primary caregiver with whom he or she resides; (2) has been diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and is unable to perform at least two specified daily living activities without substantial human assistance or is so cognitively impaired as to pose a risk to himself or herself or others without such supervision. Covers nursing care and home health aide services as home health services if such services are needed less than seven days each week or are needed for up to 38 consecutive days. Increases the Medicare part B premium.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 April 1990

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