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HR 3569 107th Congress House Health Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Medical fees Medicare Pay equity Physicians Rural health Social Welfare

Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act

Introduced: December 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4296)
Feb 4, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 20, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10939, H10948-10949)
Dec 20, 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.
Dec 20, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services furnished under the Medicare program.
What's happening now June 27, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4296)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2 Independent 1
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 2, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 9, 2002
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Feb 13, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 29, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3569: Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3569/
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"H.R. 3569: Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3569/.
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H.R. 3569, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3569/.
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