HR 4495 · 101th Congress · Health

To amend section 1867 of the Social Security Act to require that, before enforcing sanctions under the hospital "anti-dumping" provisions, a peer review organization must find that a violation has occurred.

Introduced 1990-04-04· Sponsored by Rep. Laughlin, Greg [D-TX-14]· House

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Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.(1990-04-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the implementation of sanctions against a hospital for violating Medicare emergency medical condition screening and treatment requirements until a peer review organization makes a finding as to whether such a violation has occurred.…

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Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans