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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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