H.R. 1200102nd CongressHouse Bill

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991

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Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided within a certain period following hospitalization in order to be covered under the Hospital Insurance Program; and (2) cover nursing care and home health aide services provided or needed on an intermittent basis.

Introduced Feb 28, 1991
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Fortney Stark

Democrat

U.S. Representative · CA-9

Bipartisan — 234 cosponsors (189 D, 44 R, 1 I)

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