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HR 1761 103th Congress House

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend special treatment rules under the medicare program for regional referral centers and to permit a hospital that fails to qualify as a regional…

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend special treatment rules under the medicare program for regional referral centers and to permit a hosp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend special treatment rules under the medicare program for regional referral centers and to permit a hospital that fails to qualify as a regional referral center under the program as a result of a change in geographic classification to decline such change and qualify as such a center.

Introduced: April 21, 1993 See on congress.gov
Health HospitalsMedicareProspective payment systems (Medical care)Rural hospitals
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 22, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 21, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 21, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 22, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 to extend special treatment rules under the Medicare program for regional referral centers.

Permits any hospital that fails to qualify as a rural referral center under Medicare as a result of the hospital's urban reclassification to decline such reclassification and have the rural classification restored.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 26, 1993
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Apr 21, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1761: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend special treatment rules under the medicare program for regional referral centers and to permit a hospital that fails to qualify as a regional referral center under the program as a result of a change in geographic classification to decline such change and qualify as such a center.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1761/
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"H.R. 1761: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend special treatment rules under the medicare program for regional referral centers and to permit a hospital that fails to qualify as a regional referral center under the program as a result of a change in geographic classification to decline such change and qualify as such a center.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1761/.
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H.R. 1761, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1761/.
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[H.R. 1761: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend special treatment rules under the medicare program for regional referral centers and to permit a hospital that fails to qualify as a regional referral center under the program as a result of a change in geographic classification to decline such change and qualify as such a center.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1761/)
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