Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reimburse financially distressed hospitals for community service costs incurred in providing covered outpatient services to certain poor and uninsured individuals. Sets forth the method of determining community service costs and the method of apportioning the costs to the program. Requires the State in which a financially distressed hospital is located to submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of such hospital in order for the hospital to participate in the reimbursement program. Sets forth a description of the data necessary to be included in the application. Sets forth the criteria for approval of the application. Allows the State to submit a revised application if the first application is disapproved. Limits the duration of an approved application to one year. Permits the Secretary to request that a hospital, for which a renewal application has been made, make certain changes. Limits the amount of additional reimbursement for any hospital to the combined net deficit in the operation of the outpatient department and emergency room. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization, to be composed of nine persons appointed by the Secretary, to: (1) advise the Secretary with regard to the implementation of this Act; (2) review applications submitted pursuant to this Act; and (3) monitor and evaluate certain practices of hospitals receiving reimbursement under this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 4, 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 September 4, 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?
JONATHAN BINGHAM (D-NY) introduced it on September 4, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 September 4, 1980, 16807 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16807 days ago, on September 4, 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