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HR 2226 108th Congress House Health Clinics Emergency Management Emergency medicine Hospital rates Medicare Social Welfare

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit reasonable cost reimbursement for emergency room services provided by Federally qualified health centers.

Introduced: May 22, 2003 Introduced by: Case, Ed Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Jun 2, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 29, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 23, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1081)
May 22, 2003
Introduced in House
May 22, 2003
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.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow a Federally qualified health center to elect to have the amount of payment for emergency room services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) based on the payment methodology applied for outpatient critical access hospital services where the amount of such payment is the reasonable cost of the hospital in providing such services.
What's happening now June 2, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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