House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-267
To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.
Became law on Oct 9, 1996.
Sponsor: Rep. Edolphus Towns D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 1996
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed HouseSep 4, 1996 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 28, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 30, 1996
- Became lawOct 9, 1996
Latest action: Oct 9, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-267.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3871.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-752 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on August 2, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/752
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3871, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.
- H.R. 1750 (104th) Primary Care Health Practitioner Incentive Act of 1995
- H.R. 3866 (104th) To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.
- H.R. 1751 (104th) Physician Assistant Incentive Act of 1995
- H.R. 382 (104th) Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1995
- H.R. 1622 (104th) To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.
- H.R. 1782 (104th) Election Day Registration Act of 1995
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.