Number: RL30703
Title: MEDICAID AND SCHIP PROVISIONS IN H.R. 5291 AND S. 3165 (THE 2000 MEDICARE "REFINEMENT BILLS")
Authors: Jean Hearne, Elicia Herz, and Evelyne Baumrucker, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: On September 27, 2000, the House Commerce Committee ordered reported a bipartisan bill, the Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (H.R. 5291). On October 5, 2000 William V. Roth, Jr., Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 (S. 3165). While both bills are largely comprised of Medicare provisions, they include a number of changes to the Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Pages: 21
Date: Updated October 13, 2000