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Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003

Introduced: February 26, 2003 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 26, 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 26, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for establishment of the rural community hospital (RCH) program; (2) remove certain barriers to establishment of distinct part units by RCH and Medicare critical access hospital (CAH) facilities; (3) revise the CAH program; and (4) provide for coverage of costs for emergency room on-call physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
What's happening now March 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 22, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 6, 2003
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 26, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 937: Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-937/
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"H.R. 937: Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-937/.
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H.R. 937, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-937/.
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