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- H.R.3714
H.R.3714: Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 104th Congress
- This bill is primarily about emergency management
- Introduced June 25, 1996
- Latest Major Action July 10, 1996
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
79 (56 Democrats, 1 Independent, 22 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to House Ways and Means
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Referred to House Commerce
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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| June 25, 1996 |
Introduced in the House by Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) |