HR 1773
103th Congress
House
Health
Authorization
Community health services
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal aid to hospitals
Rural hospitals
Rural public health
To reauthorize the rural health care transition grant program established under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give preference in making grants under such program to hospitals that establish consortia with other providers in the communities in which the hospitals are located, and to revise the frequency of the Secretary's reports on the program to Congress.
Introduced: April 21, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 21, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 21, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconcilitation Act of 1987 to: (1) reauthorize the rural health care transition grant program through FY 1997; (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give preference in making grants under such program to hospitals that establish consortia with other providers in the communities in which the hospitals are located; and (3) revise the frequency of the Secretary's reports on the program to the Congress from every six months to every 12 months.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1