HR 5055 · 106th Congress · Health
Community Mental Health Center Improvement Act of 2000
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.(2000-08-31)
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Community Mental Health Center Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to partial hospitalization services, to revise qualifications for community mental health centers to include entities contracting to provide mental health services. Postpones until August 1, 2001, the application of the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to partial hospitalization services. Revises the formula for calculating the base payment-to-cost-ratio component of outpatient department prospective payment system transitional corridor payments to include in such formula (and so cover) hospitals that did not submit cost reports for 1996.…
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Cosponsors (16)
14 Democrats2 Republicans