HR 3309
102th Congress
House
Health
Hospitals
Indexing (Economic policy)
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Urban areas
Wages
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent a reduction in the hospital wage index for an urban area, with a wage index below the rural wage index for the State, as a result of a reclassification of a hospital, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 11, 1991
Introduced by:
Neal, Richard E.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 11, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 11, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) notwithstanding budget neutrality requirements, in the case of an urban area with a wage index below the rural wage index applicable in the State, any decision rendered by the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on an application by a hospital for a change in geographic classification may result in a reduction of that urban area's wage index; and (2) no urban wage index in a State may be below the rural wage index applicable in the State.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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