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Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004

Introduced: July 15, 2004 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Jul 15, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 15, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8230-8231)
Jul 15, 2004
Introduced in Senate
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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 July 15, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 30, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2659: Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2659/
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"S. 2659: Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2659/.
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S. 2659, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2659/.
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