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HR 1675 108th Congress House

Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 30, 2003 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Apr 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Apr 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 8, 2003
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 8, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make a variety of changes with regard to rural health care and such matters as: (1) urban and rural standardized payment amounts under the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS); (2) disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals; (3) adjustment to the Medicare inpatient hospital PPS wage index to revise the labor-related share of such index; (4) treatment of certain sole community hospitals to limit the decline in payment under the PPS for hospital outpatient department services; (5) the critical access hospital program; and (6) permanent treatment of certain physician pathology services under Medicare.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to give the Secretary the authority to make and guarantee loans from the loan fund to any rural entity for projects for capital improvements.

Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for a five-year extension of the authorization for appropriations for certain Medicare rural grants.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 3 Republican 3 Independent 1
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jul 10, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 23, 2003
Janklow, William
· Jun 17, 2003
QUINN, JACK
· Jun 10, 2003
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jun 4, 2003
LUCAS, KEN
· May 15, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 6, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 30, 2003
TURNER, JIM
· Apr 30, 2003
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 11, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 11, 2003
EDWARDS, CHET
· Apr 11, 2003
TANNER, JOHN
· Apr 11, 2003
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Apr 10, 2003
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Apr 10, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 8, 2003
SANDLIN, MAX
· Apr 8, 2003
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Apr 8, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1675: Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1675/
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"H.R. 1675: Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1675/.
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