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Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973
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Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973
Great Seal of the United States
Long title An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance and encouragement for the establishment and expansion of health maintenance organizations, and for other purposes.
Nicknames Commission on Quality Health Care Act
Enacted by the 93rd United States Congress
Effective December 29, 1973
Citations
Public law 93-222
Statutes at Large 87 Stat. 914
Codification
Acts amended Public Health Service Act of 1944
Titles amended 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created 42 U.S.C. ch. 6A § 300e et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 14 by Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) on January 4, 1973
Committee consideration by Senate Labor and Public Welfare, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Passed the Senate on May 15, 1973 (69-25)
Passed the House on September 12, 1973 (369-40, in lieu of H.R. 7974)
Reported by the joint conference committee on December 12, 1973; agreed to by the House on December 18, 1973 (agreed) and by the Senate on December 19, 1973 (83-1)
Signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1973
Major amendments
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1976, P.L. 94-460, 90 Stat. 1945[1]
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1978, P.L. 95-559, 92 Stat. 2131
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, P.L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1988, P.L. 100-517, 102 Stat. 2578
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), P.L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-222 codified as 42 U.S.C. §300e) is a United States statute enacted on December 29, 1973. The Health Maintenance Organization Act, informally known as the federal HMO Act, is a federal law that provides for a trial federal program to promote and encourage the development of health maintenance organizations (HMOs). The federal HMO Act amended the Public Health Service Act, which Congress passed in 1944. The principal sponsor of the federal HMO Act was Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MA). |