US Congress Senate Bill 1585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-08-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8871)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Family Support Act of 1988 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, to treat a critical access hospital as rural, notwithstanding the reclassification of its location county as an urban county ("Lugar county") under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to permit pass-through payment for the reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) services. Counts on-call and standby costs for such services as reasonable CRNA costs.

A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-08-05		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8871)
2009-08-05		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8871)

HB3151 (Related) 2009-07-09 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1585/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1585/BILLS-111s1585is.pdf