3.0.0 4877 2023-01-14T22:48:19Z 2023-01-14T22:48:19Z House H HR 2004-07-20 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-22T18:00:10Z Referred to 2004-07-20T13:01:50Z Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 108 2698 S 2004-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-22 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-07-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1436) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-07-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 N S001045 Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] BART STUPAK D MI 1 2004-07-22 False Health Accreditation (Medical care) Hospitals Medicare Nonprofit organizations Social Welfare Health 00 2004-07-20 Introduced in House 2004-07-28T16:25:44Z Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous Provisions) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revoke the "deeming authority" for Medicare certification of hospitals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH), under which a hospital accredited by the JCAH shall be deemed to meet the requirements for a Medicare-certified hospital.

Authorizes the Secretary to recognize the Joint Commission on Accrediation of Healthcare Organizations as a national accreditation body upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.

]]> Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 Display Title Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revoke the unique ability of the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations to deem hospitals to meet certain requirements under the Medicare Program and to provide for greater accountability of the Joint Commission to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-07-20T04:00:00Z 2004-07-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.