Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973

Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973
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 Nixon on December 29, 1973;
Major amendments
	Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1976, P.L. 94-460, 90 Stat. 1945; 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).

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