S 300
109th Congress
Senate
Health
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2005
Introduced: February 7, 2005
Introduced by:
Collins, Susan M.
Republican
· Maine
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 7, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1053)
Feb 7, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2005 - 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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