Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Office of Legislation writes legislative summaries for all major legislation passed by the Congress. The list below displays CMS' legislative summaries by year. To show only a particular year, select the relevant year from the drop down menu and click "Refresh List".
| 1982 | Virgin Islands Tax Reduction Act | 97-455 | The Virgin Islands Tax Reduction Act, enacted January 12, 1983, contains amendments pertaining to continuing disability investigations, including two provisions affecting Medicare. |
| 1992 | Veterans Health Care Act | 102-585 | On November 4, 1992, the President signed into law H.R. 5193, the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, which is an act to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise certain pay authorities that apply to Department of Veterans Affairs nurses, to improve preventive health services for veterans, to improve health-care services for women veterans, and to enable the Department to purchase pharmaceuticals at reasonable prices, and for other purposes. |
| 1992 | Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 | 102-568 | On October 29, 1992, the President signed into law H.R 5008, the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992. Among other things, this legislation is intended to revise the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses of certain service-disabled veterans, and to provide supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans. |
| 1988 | The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 | 100-360 | On July 1, 1988, the President signed into law H.R. 2470, the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCCA). This law provided the most significant expansion of the Medicare program since its inception. It also contained numerous technical amendments to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as three new Medicaid provisions. However, the following year, the President signed into law Public Law 101-234 that repealed the major expansions of the Medicare program enacted the previous year. |
| 1992 | Tennessee Primary Care Network | 102-317 | On July 2, 1992 the President signed into law S. 2901, the Tennessee Primary Care Network legislation. The legislation amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the waiver of the enrollment mix requirement under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act which was granted to the Tennessee Primary Care Network. |
| 1982 | Technical Corrections Act of 1982 | 97-448 | The Technical Corrections Act of 1982, enacted January 12, 1983, makes a number of technical and minor policy changes to recent tax legislation. Among the changes related to HCFA are clarification of the definition of Medicare-qualified Federal employment, revision of the basis for calculating Federal Medicaid payments under the 1981 OBRA growth targets, and directions to the Secretary to disregard PSRO evaluations for two quarters of FY 1982. |
| 1988 | Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 | 100-647 | On November 10, 1988, the President signed into law H.R. 4333, the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988. This legislation included provisions relevant to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. |
| 1982 | Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 | 97-248 | On September 3, 1982, the President signed into law H.R. 4961, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982. This new public law includes many provisions affecting the Medicare, Medicaid, and PSRO programs. |
| 1994 | Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 | 103-296 | On August 15, 1994, the President signed into law H.R. 4277, the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994. The law establishes the Social Security Administration as an independent agency and makes program improvements to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs (including benefits to individuals disabled by drug addiction and alcoholism). |
| 1980 | Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 | 96-265 | On June 9, 1980, the President signed into law H.R. 3236, the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980. The provisions which relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs focus on three major areas, including the establishment of a voluntary certification program for Medicare supplemental health insurance policies, amendments related to disability benefits under Medicare and Medicaid, and expanded authority for demonstration projects. |
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