Medicare Subvention Fairness Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 16, 1997)
Medicare Subvention Fairness Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to enter into an agreement to carry out a demonstration project under which the HHS Secretary reimburses the Secretary on a capitated basis, from the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, for certain health care services provided by the Secretary to Medicare-eligible military beneficiaries through the TRICARE Program (a managed health care program of the Department of Defense). Outlines project requirements. Requires annual joint reports from the Secretaries to the Congress on the demonstration project. Directs the Comptroller General, at the end of each year in which the project is carried out, to determine and submit to the Congress a report on the extent, if any, to which the costs of the Secretary under the TRICARE Program and the HHS Secretary under the Medicare Program have increased as a result of the project.
What just happenedApr 29, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 16, 1997
- Apr 29, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Apr 25, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - Apr 25, 1997CommitteeH12000
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Armed Services Committee - Apr 23, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 16, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House National Security
Armed Services Committee - Apr 16, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 16, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and National Security, 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.
- Apr 16, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 16, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 16, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House