HR 2159
110th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Clinics
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Long-term care
Managed care
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007
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 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.
May 3, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide for a payment rate for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services that is: (1) at least the applicable payment rate established under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for such services; or (2) 103% of the otherwise applicable payment rate, if the critical access hospital or the rural health clinic determines appropriate.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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