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S 243 101th Congress Senate Health Hospitals Medicare Prospective payment systems (Medical care) Social Welfare

A bill to provide for the extension of regional referral center classification of certain hospitals under the medicare program and to continue the payment rates for such hospitals.

Introduced: January 25, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 25, 1989
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extends the regional referral center classification of hospitals so classified as of September 30, 1989, and the payment rates applicable to such hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act through FY 1994.

What's happening now January 25, 1989

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Apr 6, 1989
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 25, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 243: A bill to provide for the extension of regional referral center classification of certain hospitals under the medicare program and to continue the payment rates for such hospitals.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-243/
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"S. 243: A bill to provide for the extension of regional referral center classification of certain hospitals under the medicare program and to continue the payment rates for such hospitals.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-243/.
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