Hospital Financing Experiment and Demonstration Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Hospital Financing Experiment and Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, to develop and carry out the following studies and experimental pilot or demonstration projects designed: (1) to determine whether it would be desirable and feasible to use funds available under titles XI (General Provisions), XVIII (Medicare), or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to foster such restructuring of the health care delivery system in a community as results in the more efficient and economical delivery of health care services under such titles; (2) to determine whether, and if so under what circumstances, it would be desirable, feasible, and consistent with the findings of an appropriate health planning agency to use funds available under titles XVIII or XIX (or both) of the Act to provide financial relief for public or private nonprofit hospitals which, without such assistance, would be forced to close or terminate or reduce the availability of services which are essential to the community; and (3) to determine whether, and if so what, changes in titles XVIII or XIX (or both) of the Act would increase the availability of services under such titles, contribute to the more efficient and economical use of funds under such titles, or improve the administration of the programs under such titles.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 21, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on July 21, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY) introduced it on July 21, 1980, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 2 Democrats.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 21, 1980, 16852 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16852 days ago, on July 21, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers