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HR 4902 108th Congress House Health Home care services Housing and Community Development Medical fees Medicare Rural health Social Welfare

Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004

Introduced: July 22, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2107)
Jul 28, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 22, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jul 22, 2004
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.
Jul 22, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide for a two-year extension of the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area.

What's happening now November 20, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2107)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 22, 2004
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 22, 2004
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 22, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4902: Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4902/
MLA
"H.R. 4902: Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4902/.
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H.R. 4902, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4902/.
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