HR 2157
110th Congress
House
Health
Clinics
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that certain facilities located in areas designated as rural areas before January 1, 2000, qualify as rural health clinics regardless of whether or not such areas remain so designated.
Introduced: May 3, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
May 3, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that a facility located in a non-urbanized area so designated by the Bureau of the Census before January 1, 2000, that also satisfies all other applicable conditions, shall qualify as a rural health clinic for purposes of Medicare and SSA title XIX (Medicaid), whether or not such area remains so designated.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1