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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 29, 1995
PACE Provider Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant waivers of certain requirements of titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or any other applicable title of the Social Security Act to approved community-based organizations meeting specified eligibility requirements with demonstrated capacity, following a special trial period, to provide quality, cost-effective, and comprehensive health care services to at-risk frail elderly patients. Requires the terms and conditions of such a waiver to be substantially equivalent to those: (1) of the On Lok waiver under the Social Security Amendments of 1983, as extended by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985; and (2) under the Protocol for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), as published by On Lok, Inc. as of April 14, 1995. Applies Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules to individuals receiving services from such organizations under this Act.
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Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] · R–KS
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9434)
Introduced in Senate
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