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HR 2942 107th Congress House Health Ambulatory care Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Medicare Prospective payment systems (Medical care) Rural hospitals Social Welfare

Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act of 2001

Introduced: September 21, 2001 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 25, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 21, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 21, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services to: (1) make permanent the hold harmless treatment for small rural hospitals (with 100 or fewer beds) under the OPD PPS; and (2) provide a transitional adjustment for sole community hospitals with between 100 and 400 beds that are classified as rural referral centers, in order to limit any decline in payment under the OPD PPS.
What's happening now September 27, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2942: Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2942/
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"H.R. 2942: Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2942/.
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H.R. 2942, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2942/.
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