HR 3806
111th Congress
House
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Enhanced Rural Health Care Extension Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 14, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 14, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Enhanced Rural Health Care Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend from five to 10 years the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct the program in rural areas in the 15 states with the lowest population densities. Expands the number of hospitals selected from 15 to 30.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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