[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 1165--A bill to require Medicare providers to disclose publicly 
    staffing and performance in order to promote improved consumer 
    information and choice, to protect employees of Medicare providers 
    who report concerns about the safety and quality of services 
    provided by Medicare providers or who report violations of Federal 
    or State law by those providers, and to require review of the 
    impact on public health and safety of proposed mergers and 
    acquisitions of Medicare providers; to the Committees on Ways and 
    Means; 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.


By Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Dellums, 
Mr. Evans, Mr. Holden, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Olver, Ms. Rivers, and Mr. 
Thompson), H1259 [20MR]

  Cosponsors added, H2590 [13MY], H3274 [3JN], H3568 [5JN], H3865 
  [17JN], H3924 [18JN], H4222 [23JN], H4339 [24JN], H4913 [8JY], H5177 
  [11JY], H5778 [24JY], H6406 [30JY], H6707 [31JY], H6798 [3SE], H6963 
  [5SE], H7365 [16SE], H8320 [2OC], H8929 [21OC]