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H.R. 7998 (94th)

Communicative Health Care Amendments

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Introduced

18 June 1975

Last action

18 June 1975 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Sponsors

Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

2 September 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Communicative Health Care Amendment - Declares the purposes of this Act, including to consolidate and clarify the health care coverage of present services. Specifies the services to be covered relative to the health care for persons with communicative disorders under the health insurance program (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, including preventive, diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative functions. Provides that payments presently made to hospitals under the Medicare program based on services provided by an outside resource shall be payable directly to such outside resource provider.

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Timeline

  1. 18 June 1975

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 June 1975

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 June 1975

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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