Number: RL30347 Title: Medicare: Changes to Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33) Provisions Authors: Jennifer O'Sullivan, Carolyn Merck, Madeleine Smith, and Sibyl Tilson, Domestic Social Policy Division Abstract: Both the House and Senate considered bills to mitigate the impact of BBA provisions on Medicare providers. On November 5, 1999, the House passed the Medicare Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (H.R. 3075). On October 26, 1999, the Senate Finance Committee reported the Medicare and Medicaid Budget Correction and Refinement Act of 1999 (S. 1788). On November 18, 1999, the House passed the conference report on H.R. 3194 the District of Columbia appropriations bill. This measure incorporates the agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on the Medicare provisions. This report summarizes the major provisions of the agreement. Pages: 22 Date: November 19, 1999