Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
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Full title Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
Acronym Balanced Budget Refinement Act or BBRA
Enacted by the 106th United States Congress
Citations
Public Law 106-113
Stat. 113 Stat. 1501
Codification
Act(s) amended Balanced Budget Act of 1997 – Social Security Act
Title(s) amended 42
U.S.C. sections substantially amended 42 USC §1395
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 3426 by William M. Thomas on November 17, 1999
  • Committee consideration by: Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Commerce
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on November 18, 2009; agreed to by the House on November 18, 1999 (296 - 135) and by the Senate on November 19, 1999 (74-24)
  • Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 29, 1999
Major amendments
Relevant Supreme Court cases
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The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 [1] (also called the Balanced Budget Refinement Act or BBRA) is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 1999.[2] The BBRA was first introduced into the House as H.R. 3075 on October 14, 1999 by Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA) with 75 cosponsors. It was read twice and then referred to the Senate Committee on Finance. The bill was then slightly altered and reintroduced by Thomas as H.R. 3426 on November 17, 1999. After referral to the House committees on Ways and Means and Commerce, it was incorporated by cross-reference in the conference report into H.R. 3194 on November 18, 1999. The H.R. 3194 bill had been introduced by Rep. Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R-OK) on November 2, 1999, and was enacted with official title: Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

The BBRA was signed by President Bill Clinton on November 29, 1999 after passing in Congress.

References

  1. ^ Pub.L. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501
  2. ^ http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/comp2/F106-113.html

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