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Rural Health Care Protection Act of 1997

Introduced: April 8, 1997 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Aug 5, 1997

See H.R.2015.

Apr 15, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Apr 8, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Apr 8, 1997

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Health Care Protection Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to a hospital which has ever been classified as a rural referral center, to prohibit denial of a request for its reclassification on the basis of any comparison between its average hourly wage and the average hourly wages of hospitals in the area in which it is located. Declares that any hospital classified as a rural referral center by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for FY 1991 shall be so classified for FY 1998 and each subsequent fiscal year.

Permits hospital geographic reclassification for purposes of disproportionate share payment adjustments. Permits rebasing of Medicare payment for sole community hospitals using FY 1994 and 1995 costs.

What's happening now August 5, 1997

See H.R.2015.

Committees of jurisdiction 2