H.R. 1909100th CongressHouse Bill

Home Health and Hospice Care Waiver Extension Act of 1987

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Home Health and Hospice Care Waiver Extension Act of 1987 - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to continue, until FY 1990, waivers of liability which provide that home health agencies and hospice programs which keep their services for which Medicare coverage (under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) is denied below specified percentages shall not be denied payment for such care. (Currently, the home health agency waiver expires one year after certain regional intermediaries begin to service such agencies and the hospice program waiver expires on November 1, 1988.)

Introduced Apr 1, 1987
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Olympia Snowe

Republican

U.S. Representative · ME-2

Bipartisan — 34 cosponsors (15 D, 19 R)

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