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H.R.655
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete (introduced 2/9/1999)
Related Bills: S.847
Latest Major Action: 3/11/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
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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)
2/9/1999:
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.
2/9/1999:
Referred to House Ways and Means
2/18/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2/9/1999:
Referred to House Commerce
3/11/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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COSPONSORS(61), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 2/9/1999 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 2/9/1999
Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 4/29/1999 Rep Bentsen, Ken - 2/9/1999
Rep Bonior, David E. - 2/9/1999 Rep Brown, Sherrod - 2/9/1999
Rep Capps, Lois - 4/13/1999 Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 2/9/1999
Rep Coyne, William J. - 11/13/2000 Rep Davis, Danny K. - 7/16/1999
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 2/9/1999 Rep DeGette, Diana - 4/29/1999
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 7/16/1999 Rep Dixon, Julian C. - 5/20/1999
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 10/25/1999 Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 5/20/1999
Rep Frank, Barney - 2/9/1999 Rep Frost, Martin - 2/9/1999
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 2/9/1999 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 2/23/1999
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 4/29/1999 Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 3/3/1999
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 9/8/1999 Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 5/20/1999
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 2/9/1999 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 4/13/1999
Rep Lampson, Nick - 3/3/1999 Rep Leach, James A. - 2/9/1999
Rep Lewis, John - 4/13/1999 Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 4/13/1999
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 9/14/1999 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 9/8/1999
Rep Maloney, James H. - 6/24/1999 Rep Markey, Edward J. - 7/21/1999
Rep McGovern, James P. - 2/23/1999 Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 2/9/1999
Rep Miller, George - 2/9/1999 Rep Moakley, John Joseph - 6/8/1999
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 4/13/1999 Rep Ney, Robert W. - 4/13/1999
Rep Olver, John W. - 5/20/1999 Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 9/8/1999
Rep Price, David E. - 6/8/1999 Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 2/9/1999
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 2/9/1999 Rep Sanders, Bernard - 2/9/1999
Rep Sandlin, Max - 9/8/1999 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 2/9/1999
Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 2/23/1999 Rep Shows, Ronnie - 4/13/1999
Rep Smith, Adam - 8/3/1999 Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 5/20/1999
Rep Strickland, Ted - 2/9/1999 Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 2/9/1999
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 9/8/1999 Rep Tierney, John F. - 6/8/1999
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 2/9/1999 Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 2/9/1999
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 9/8/1999 Rep Wexler, Robert - 9/8/1999
Rep Weygand, Robert A. - 2/9/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/9/1999--Introduced.

Medicare Social Work Equity Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.