HR 2525
111th Congress
House
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare
Wages and earnings
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2009
Introduced: May 20, 2009
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
May 20, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 20, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009, to apply budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor, including a minimum wage index, for each all-urban and rural state 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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