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Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2003

Introduced: March 19, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 19, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise: (1) the payment formula to increase payment amounts to Puerto Rico hospitals that are based on the applicable Federal percentage of the discharge-weighted average of the national adjusted DRG (diagnostically-related group) prospective payment rate for hospitals located in urban and rural areas for discharges beginning in FY 2004; and (2) the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share payments for prospective payment system hospitals in Puerto Rico.
What's happening now April 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 653 Related bill Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 24, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 2, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 14, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 14, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1351: Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1351/
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"H.R. 1351: Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1351/.
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H.R. 1351, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1351/.
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