In 1974, the US Congress enacted, and the President signed into law, the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, Public Law No. 93‐344 (Budget Act). Pursuant to the Budget Act, Congress is supposed to set its annual budget goals in a budget resolution, which would then be passed by a facilitated process. In recent years, the 1974 Act's provision for “reconciliation” procedures have come into play, particularly when the budget resolution contains “reconciliation instructions” intended to procedurally facilitate the enactment of an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) rather than a number of smaller, more focused budgets. Several OBRAs have contained significant provisions relating to public health programs and activities pertaining to older persons.
As part of OBRA 1987, Public Law No. 100‐203, Congress enacted the Nursing Home Quality Reform Act (codified at 42 United States Code §§ 1395i‐3(a)–(h) and 1396r(a)–(h)). This Act is modeled on many of the recommendations made...
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Kapp, M.B. (2008). Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. In: Loue, S.J., Sajatovic, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33754-8_324
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