Medicaid, SCHIP, and Other Health Provisions in H.R. 5661: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000

Publication Date: January 2001

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Health

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While largely comprised of Medicare provisions, the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (H.R. 5661), a compromise agreement between House and Senate committees and the leadership, includes a number of important changes to Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP). It also includes major provisions amending other programs. The provisions of H.R. 5661 are incorporated, by reference into H.R. 4577, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001. H.R. 4577 was passed by the House and Senate on December 15, 2000 and was signed into law on December 21 (P.L. 106-554).