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S 372 105th Congress Senate Health Housing and Community Development Medicare Prospective payment systems (Medical care) Rural hospitals Social Welfare

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act ot provide for a 5-year reinstatement of the medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital payment provisions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 27, 1997 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 27, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1738)
Feb 27, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reinstate, for five years starting in FY 1998, the Medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital program as it was contained in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, including target amount provisions, which are updated to account for the applicable percentage increases which would have occurred if the program had been in effect since it expired in FY 1995.

What's happening now February 27, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 372: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act ot provide for a 5-year reinstatement of the medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital payment provisions, and for other purposes.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-372/
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"S. 372: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act ot provide for a 5-year reinstatement of the medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital payment provisions, and for other purposes.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-372/.
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S. 372, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-372/.
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