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HR 33 108th 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 of 2003

Introduced: January 7, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 7, 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.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act of 2003 - 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 February 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3 Independent 1
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jul 15, 2003
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 6, 2003
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 13, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 11, 2003
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 28, 2003
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jan 7, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 33: Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-33/
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"H.R. 33: Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-33/.
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H.R. 33, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-33/.
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