S 2789
109th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Health
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Mental health services
Physicians
Rural health
Tax credits
Rural Physicians Relief Act of 2006
Introduced: May 11, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4472-4473)
May 11, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4472)
May 11, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Rural Physicians Relief Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain primary health services providers (i.e., physicians and licensed mental health care practitioners) a tax credit of $1,000 for each month such providers provide medical care to rural patients in certain sparsely populated areas of the United States.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4472-4473)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1