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H.R.2419
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Michael (introduced 7/1/1999)
Latest Major Action: 7/13/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reflect original Congressional intent by requiring that the new risk adjustment methodology for Medicare+Choice payment rates be implemented in a budget neutral manner, and for other purposes.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
7/1/1999:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
7/1/1999:
Referred to House Ways and Means
7/6/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
7/1/1999:
Referred to House Commerce
7/13/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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COSPONSORS(50), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Baker, Richard H. - 9/21/1999 Rep Barton, Joe - 7/14/1999
Rep Bass, Charles F. - 7/1/1999 Rep Bilbray, Brian P. - 9/21/1999
Rep Brown, Corrine - 7/1/1999 Rep Canady, Charles T. - 7/1/1999
Rep Danner, Pat - 9/9/1999 Rep Deutsch, Peter - 7/1/1999
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln - 9/9/1999 Rep English, Phil - 10/28/1999
Rep Filner, Bob - 9/9/1999 Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. - 9/21/1999
Rep Foley, Mark - 7/14/1999 Rep Fowler, Tillie - 7/1/1999
Rep Gallegly, Elton - 5/18/2000 Rep Gibbons, Jim - 9/9/1999
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 7/1/1999 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 9/21/1999
Rep Granger, Kay - 9/21/1999 Rep Greenwood, James C. - 7/1/1999
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 9/21/1999 Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 8/3/1999
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 9/21/1999 Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 7/14/1999 Rep King, Peter T. - 11/10/1999
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 7/1/1999 Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 7/1/1999
Rep Lewis, Ron - 9/21/1999 Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 9/9/1999
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 9/21/1999 Rep McCollum, Bill - 7/1/1999
Rep McHugh, John M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Metcalf, Jack - 7/14/1999
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 8/5/1999 Rep Northup, Anne - 7/14/1999
Rep Ose, Doug - 10/28/1999 Rep Pastor, Ed - 10/28/1999
Rep Paul, Ron - 9/21/1999 Rep Radanovich, George P. - 8/3/1999
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 8/3/1999 Rep Rogers, Harold - 8/3/1999
Rep Stearns, Cliff - 7/1/1999 Rep Sununu, John E. - 7/14/1999
Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) - 7/1/1999 Rep Towns, Edolphus - 7/1/1999
Rep Vitter, David - 11/10/1999 Rep Walden, Greg - 7/1/1999
Rep Weldon, Dave - 9/9/1999 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 9/21/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
7/1/1999--Introduced.

Medicare+Choice Risk Adjustment Amendments of 1999 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require that the new risk adjustment methodology for Medicare+Choice payment rates be implemented in a budget neutral manner; and (2) eliminate any further adjustment in the national per capita Medicare+Choice growth percentage.