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S 2768 106th Congress Senate

Small Rural Hospital Program Improvement Act of 2000

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program.

Introduced: June 22, 2000 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jun 22, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 22, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Jun 22, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5666)
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 Latest action June 22, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Small Rural Hospital Program Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) make the Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program permanent; and (2) give any hospital under such program the option of basing eligibility for payment on discharges during any of the three most recent audited cost reporting periods in lieu of the current basing of eligibility for payment on discharges during the cost reporting period beginning in FY 1987.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2768: Small Rural Hospital Program Improvement Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2768/
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S. 2768, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2768/.
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