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HR 6557 110th Congress House Health Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care

Veterans Critical Access Act

Introduced: July 21, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jul 21, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 21, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Critical Access Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program, to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation any beds provided for veterans whom the Department of Veterans Affairs referred for care in the hospital or for whom it is coordinating such care with other care being provided by the Department.

What's happening now July 21, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 21, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6557: Veterans Critical Access Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6557/
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"H.R. 6557: Veterans Critical Access Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6557/.
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H.R. 6557, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6557/.
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