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Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000

Introduced: September 20, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Oct 20, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 29, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 20, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 20, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1536-1537)
Sep 20, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the Medicare program with regard to essential rural hospitals by: (1) treating as allowable costs 100 percent of bad debts attributable to uncollectible copayments and deductions; (2) exempting such hospitals from the hospital outpatient prospective payment system; and (3) providing for disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments (with a minimum DSH adjustment percentage of 20 percent) for essential rural hospital discharges between May 1, 1986, and October 1, 1997.
What's happening now October 20, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Oct 11, 2000
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Sep 28, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5220: Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5220/
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"H.R. 5220: Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5220/.
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H.R. 5220, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5220/.
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