S.2342: Skilled Nursing Facility Payment Fairness Act of 1998

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about government operations and politics
  • Introduced July 22, 1998
  • Latest Major Action July 22, 1998

Bill Summary

Skilled Nursing Facility Payment Fairness Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize certain facilities to exempt themselves from the three-year transition period under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities. Limits such optional exemption to facilities that: (1) are providing services whose level and type are substantially different from the level and type of services the...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 22, 1998

Introduced in the Senate by Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)

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