HR 3151
111th Congress
House
Health
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Surgery and anesthesia
Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009
Introduced: July 9, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 9, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, to treat a critical access hospital as rural, notwithstanding the reclassification of its location county as an urban county ("Lugar county") under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, in order to permit pass-through payment for the reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) services.
Counts on-call and standby costs for such services as reasonable CRNA costs.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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