HR 1556
107th Congress
House
Health
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to medical education
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medical residents
Medicare
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Teaching hospitals
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2001
Introduced: April 24, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 3, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 24, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Apr 24, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by Federal law commonly referred to as the (Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP) Benefits Improvement and Protection Act, to: (1) increase (restore the full) market basket update for inpatient prospective payment services hospitals; and (2) maintain the indirect medical education adjustment percentage at 6.5 percent.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Committees of jurisdiction
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