HR 1675
108th Congress
House
Health
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Ambulances
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Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
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Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003
Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
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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