US HB663 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 29-15)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

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Title

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-12HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-02HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-02-02HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB332 (Same As) 2015-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2 (Related) 2015-04-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-10. (TXT | PDF)

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