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HR 967 108th Congress House Health Medicare Nursing Nursing homes Social Welfare

Medicare Beneficiary Skilled Nursing Protection Act of 2003

Introduced: February 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Mar 17, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 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 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Beneficiary Skilled Nursing Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to extend for three years the temporary increase in the nursing component of the Federal prospective payment rate.

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 to extend for three years the increase in the skilled nursing facility adjusted Federal per diem rate under the Social Security Act.

What's happening now March 17, 2003

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 11 Republican 2 Independent 1
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 3, 2004
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 5, 2003
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 11, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 20, 2003
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 13, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 13, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 13, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 27, 2003
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 27, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 27, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 27, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 27, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 27, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 967: Medicare Beneficiary Skilled Nursing Protection Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-967/
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"H.R. 967: Medicare Beneficiary Skilled Nursing Protection Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-967/.
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H.R. 967, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-967/.
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