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Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2005

Introduced: June 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jul 1, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 27, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 17, 2005
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.
Jun 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, particularly the transitional adjustment for sole community hospitals to limit any decline in payment. Holds sole community hospitals permanently harmless from any decline in payment. Increases the payment for covered OPD services in a sole community hospital by the amount of any difference between the pre-Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (pre-BBA) amount and a lesser PPS amount.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to substitute a specified minimum base payment-to-cost ratio for determining the pre-BBA amount for sole community hospitals.

Specifies the rebasing of the payment -to-cost ratio for sole community hospitals for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2005.

What's happening now July 1, 2005

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 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2 Independent 1
D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 28, 2006
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Sep 21, 2005
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 13, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 25, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2961: Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2961/
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"H.R. 2961: Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2961/.
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H.R. 2961, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2961/.
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