HR 4275 · 99th Congress · Social Welfare

A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to act within two days on requests of hospital inpatients for reconsideration of determinations denying payment for continuing care in the hospital.

Introduced 1986-02-27· Sponsored by Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.(1986-03-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends part B (Peer Review) of title IX of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations receiving a Medicare beneficiary's request, while such beneficiary is still a hospital inpatient, for reconsideration of a determination denying payment for continuing inpatient hospital care to give the beneficiary notice of its reconsidered determination within two days of receiving the request.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans