S 636
108th Congress
Senate
Health
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2003
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 17, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3808-3809)
Mar 17, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase payment by ten percent for home health services furnished in a rural area on or after April 1, 2003; but prohibits the Secretary from reducing the standard prospective payment system amount (or amounts) applicable to such services furnished during a period to offset the payment increase resulting from such requirement.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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