House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement that all nonparticipating physicians file medicare claims on behalf of all of their patients who are medicare beneficiaries.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Kolter D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 1990
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 1990 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats
8 of 15 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Butler Derrick (D-SC), Bill Emerson (R-MO), George Gekas (R-PA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), William Hughes (D-NJ), Harry Johnston (D-FL), Jim Jontz (D-IN), Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA), Thomas Lewis (R-FL), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Arthur Ravenel (R-SC), Matthew Rinaldo (R-NJ), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kolter.
- H.J.Res. 177 (101st) Designating October 8 through 14, 1989, as "National School Lunch Week".
- H.J.Res. 147 (101st) To designate September 1, 1989, as "National Day of Recognition of the Polish Armed Forces of World War II".
- H.R. 242 (101st) Organ Transplant Assistance Act of 1989
- H.R. 1393 (101st) To amend the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
- H.R. 3862 (101st) To extend nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Czechoslovakia for 5 years.
- H.R. 240 (101st) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food and drug manufacturers to maintain a toll-free telephone line for…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.