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S 3516 109th Congress Senate Health Housing and Community Development Medical fees Medicare Physicians Rural health Social Welfare

Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006

Introduced: June 15, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 6, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11244-11245)
Jun 15, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5952)
Jun 15, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5952)
Jun 15, 2006
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend permanently the floor (at 1.00) on the Medicare work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services.

(The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required, after calculating the work geographic index for payment for physicians' services furnished on or after January 1, 2004, to increase the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which the calculated index is less than 1.00.)

What's happening now December 6, 2006

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11244-11245)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 28, 2006
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 15, 2006
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 15, 2006
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 15, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3516: Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3516/
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"S. 3516: Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3516/.
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S. 3516, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3516/.
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