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Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2003

Introduced: February 12, 2003 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 19, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 12, 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.
Feb 12, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create an exception to the Medicare 20 percent inpatient care limitation for certain rural hospice programs with 20 beds or fewer.
What's happening now February 26, 2003

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 114 Identical bill Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 10, 2003
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 30, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 754: Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-754/
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"H.R. 754: Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-754/.
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H.R. 754, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-754/.
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