US SB332 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance 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.)
Title
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
Sponsors
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] | Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] |
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO] | Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-02 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB663 (Same As) 2015-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB2 (Related) 2015-04-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-10. (TXT | PDF)
HB2 (Related) 2015-04-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-10. (TXT | PDF)
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/332/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s332/BILLS-114s332is.pdf |