HR 6966
110th Congress
House
Health
Economics and Public Finance
Hospital personnel
Hospitals
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Social Welfare
Wages
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008
Introduced: September 18, 2008
Introduced by:
Larson, John B.
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 18, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2008, to continue to apply budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the urban hospital wage floor for discharges occurring during FY2008 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (through a uniform, national adjustment to the area wage index).
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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