HR 937
108th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Ambulances
Ambulatory care
Coinsurance
Debt
Disabled
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Finance and Financial Sector
Home care services
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Long-term care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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