[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2002 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2002

  To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a 
 study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients of 
       providers of anesthesia services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 1999

Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Thurman, 
 and Mr. Becerra) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a 
 study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients of 
       providers of anesthesia services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anesthesia Outcomes Study Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. ANESTHESIA OUTCOME STUDY.

    (a) Study.--(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
conduct a study of mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare 
patients by providers of anesthesia services. In conducting the study, 
the Secretary shall analyze the impact of physician supervision of 
providers of anesthesia services, or lack thereof, on such mortality 
and adverse outcome rates.
    (2) In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consult with 
appropriate national professional organizations with respect to the 
methodology of the study, and shall use Medicare operating room 
anesthesia data, adjusted for patient acuity and other relevant 
scientific variables.
    (b) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2000, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study 
conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Consideration of Report in Rulemaking.--The Secretary shall 
consider the results of such study when determining if any modification 
or change to the existing Medicare regulations in effect on January 1, 
1999, dealing with physician supervision of anesthesia services may be 
appropriate.
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