HR 5220
106th Congress
House
Health
Ambulatory care
Debt
Finance and Financial Sector
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Rural health
Rural hospitals
Social Welfare
Wages
Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000
Introduced: September 20, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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