HR 3391
111th Congress
House
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
To allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth.
Introduced: July 29, 2009
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Became law
Jul 29, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 29, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit the continuation of the critical access hospital (CAH) designation for certain hospitals under the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program that were originally designated as CAHs but whose rural areas were subsequently redesignated urban areas.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1