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S.2582: Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1998
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced Oct. 8, 1998
- Latest Major Action Oct. 8, 1998
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for a prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facility hospital services; and (2) exempt such services from certain reductions under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and, instead, limit payment to not less than a certain applicable percentage of the amount that would have been paid if such...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Oct. 8, 1998 |
Introduced in the Senate by John B. Breaux (D-La.) |