The following Public Laws affecting seniors were passed
by the 106th Congress in session in 1999 and 2000:
H.R.540
: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit transfers or
discharges of residents of nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary
withdrawal from participation in the Medicaid Program.
3/25/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-4.
H.R.3194
: An act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
11/29/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-113.
The following
measure affecting seniors was enacted into law by Public Law No. 106-113.
This bill, among others, was incorporated by cross-reference in the
conference report [H. Rept. 106-479] to H.R. 3194:
H.R. 3426 -
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999;
H.R.2116
: An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance programs
providing health care, education, memorial, and other benefits for veterans,
to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and for other purposes.
11/30/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-117.
H.R.2280
: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living
adjustment in rates of compensation paid for service-connected disabilities,
to enhance the compensation, memorial affairs, and housing programs of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve retirement authorities applicable
to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for
other purposes.
11/30/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-118.
H.R.5
: To amend title II of the Social Security Act
to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement
age.
4/7/2000 Became Public Law No: 106-182.
H.R.4386
: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical
assistance for certain women screened and found to have breast or cervical
cancer under a federally funded screening program, to amend the Public
Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect
to surveillance and information concerning the relationship between cervical
cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV), and for other purposes.
10/24/2000 Became Public Law No: 106-354.
S.406
: A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make
permanent the demonstration program that allows for direct billing of
medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors, and to expand the
eligibility under such program to other tribes and tribal organizations.
11/1/2000 Became Public Law No: 106-417.
H.R.2498
: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for recommendations
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the placement of
automatic external defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve
survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest in such
buildings, and to establish protections from civil liability arising from
the emergency use of the devices.
11/13/2000 Became Public Law No: 106-505.
H.R.782
Related Bills: S.1536
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations
for fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
Became Public Law No: 106-501
Summary of Bill on
this web site
S.3164
: A bill to protect seniors from fraud.
11/22/2000 Became Public Law No: 106-534.
Full text of this law
in on this web site.
