Hospital Indigent Care Assistance Act of 1989
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 31, 1989)
Hospital Indigent Care Assistance Act of 1989 - Title I: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on employers an excise tax equal to one percent of the amounts paid by an employer to provide employee medical benefits.
Subjects self-employed individuals to a corresponding tax based on the amount allowed as a tax deduction for health insurance costs.
Establishes in the Treasury the Hospital Indigent Care Assistance Trust Fund to receive amounts generated by the excise tax. Makes Fund moneys available solely for Medicare program expenditures.
Title II: Assistance to Hospitals Providing Indigent Care - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments from the Fund to eligible applicant hospitals to cover a specified percentage of their uncompensated care costs, determined in accordance with this Act. Describes eligibility criteria, including a requirement that the Medicare allowable costs of providing patient care services exceed the hospital's patient revenues for the pertinent cost reporting period.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for a study of the extent of uncompensated health care provided by various health care providers; and (2) report the results to the Congress by July 1, 1992.
What just happenedFeb 13, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 13, 1989CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 6, 1989CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 31, 1989IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 31, 1989IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 31, 1989IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 1989IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House