To disapprove under the Congressional Review Act the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, relating to revisions to payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar year 2003 and other items, published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2002 (vol. 67, page 79966).

Disapproves the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, relating to revisions to payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar year 2003, and the inclusion of registered nurses in the personnel provision of the critical access hospital emergency services requirement for frontier areas and remote locations.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 3 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 3

To disapprove under the Congressional Review Act the rule submitted by 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, relating to revisions to 
payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar 
    year 2003 and other items, published in the Federal Register on 
                December 31, 2002 (vol. 67, page 79966).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2003

  Mr. Thomas (for himself, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Lewis of 
 Kentucky, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Collins, Ms. Dunn, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Foley, 
   Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Camp, Mr. Crane, and Mr. 
 Keller) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
    to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
To disapprove under the Congressional Review Act the rule submitted by 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, relating to revisions to 
payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule for calendar 
    year 2003 and other items, published in the Federal Register on 
                December 31, 2002 (vol. 67, page 79966).


    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services, relating to Medicare Program; 
Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for 
Calendar Year 2003 and Inclusion of Registered Nurses in the Personnel 
Provision of the Critical Access Hospital Emergency Services 
Requirement for Frontier Areas and Remote Locations, and such rule 
shall have no force or effect.
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