US Congress Senate Bill 607 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-3-1)
Status: Engrossed on January 25 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the period of the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program from 5 to 10 years. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall allow certain rural community hospitals participating in the demonstration program as of December 30, 2014, to continue during the second five years of the 10-year extension period. HHS shall solicit applications to select up to the maximum number of additional rural community hospitals located in any state to participate in this demonstration program for the second five years of the ten-year extension period without exceeding the applicable limitation (30). In determining which applicant rural community hospitals to select for participation in the demonstration program, HHS: shall give priority to hospitals located in one of the 20 states with the lowest population densities; and may consider closures of hospitals located in rural areas in the state in which the hospital is located during the 5-year period immediately preceding the enactment of this Act, as well as the population density of the state.

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]
Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-01-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2016-01-25	House	Received in the House.
2016-01-21	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-01-20	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
2016-01-20	Senate	The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text of committee substitute as amended: CR S138-139)
2016-01-20	Senate	S.Amdt.2952 Amendment SA 2952 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2016-01-20	Senate	S.Amdt.2952 Amendment SA 2952 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Grassley. (consideration: CR S138; text: CR S138)
2016-01-20	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S138-139; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S138)
2015-07-30	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 181.
2015-07-30	Senate	Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 114-102.
2015-06-24	Senate	Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2015-02-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB672 (Same As) 2015-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB5273 (Related) 2016-06-08 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/607/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s607/BILLS-114s607is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s607/BILLS-114s607rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s607/BILLS-114s607es.pdf