Medicare Bad Debt Relief and Medicare Cost-Sharing Eligibility Act of 2000

Summary

Medicare Bad Debt Relief and Medicare Cost-Sharing Eligibility Act of 2000 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to: (1) deem as a bad debt certain uncollectible Medicare cost-sharing (thus providing bad debt relief for facilities furnishing care to certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries); and (2) require State plans for medical assistance to provide for determination of eligibility of specified individuals for Medicare cost-sharing, and for their enrollment at any hospital, clinic, or similar entity at which State or local agency personnel are stationed for eligibility determination.

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Timeline

1. 27 July 2000

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 July 2000

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 27 July 2000 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 July 2000

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
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