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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 3, 1997
Disapproves the President's cancellation (line item veto) of a provision in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that deems certain taxes, fees, or assessments collected by New York State from a health care provider before June 1, 1997, for which a specified waiver has been sought, to be permissible broad-based health care related taxes in compliance with Medicaid law (thus exempting such taxes, fees, or assessments from the requirement that provider-specific taxes be subtracted from the State share of Medicaid expenditures for purposes of Federal share calculation).
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Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] · D–NY
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 161.
Senate Committee on Finance discharged. Pursuant to section 1023 of Public Law 93-344.
Senate Committee on Finance discharged. Pursuant to section 1023 of Public Law 93-344.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance for 7 days of session pursuant to section 1023 of P.L. 93-344.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8725-8728)
Introduced in Senate
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