To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the coverage of hospice care under medicaid plans.

Introduced

6 February 1991

Last action

19 February 1991 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Sponsors

Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24], Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-1], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-21], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8], Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1], Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-15], Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-34], Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7], Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-13], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12], Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2], Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4], Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3], Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8], Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11], Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-27], Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17], Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-5], Rep. Zeliff, William H., Jr. [R-NH-1], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026