United States · Bill · S
S. 1263 (106th)
Hospital Outpatient Preservation Act of 1999
Introduced
22 June 1999
Last action
22 June 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Susan Collins, Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1], Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Rep. Thomas, Craig [R-WY-At Large], Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large], Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN], Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Subjects
Healthcare, Budget
Source updated
20 August 2025
Summary
Hospital Outpatient Preservation Act of 1999 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97) to limit temporarily the reductions in Federal payments under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Provides for the retroactive effectiveness of this Act as if included in B.B.A. '97.
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Timeline
22 June 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7459-7460)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 22 June 1999 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 June 1999
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 June 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 June 1999
Sponsors
- Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Thomas, Craig [R-WY-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Hospital Outpatient Preservation Act of 1999
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1263
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1263
- us · 106-s-1263 · source updated 20 August 2025