The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999[1] (also called the Balanced Budget Refinement Act or BBRA) is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 1999.

After referral to the House committees on Ways and Means and Commerce, it was incorporated by cross-reference in the conference report into H.R.

3194 bill had been introduced by Rep. Ernest J. Istook Jr. (R-OK) on November 2, 1999, and was enacted with official title: Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

The BBRA was signed by President Bill Clinton on November 29, 1999, after passing in Congress.

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