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HR 3806 111th Congress House

Enhanced Rural Health Care Extension Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend and expand the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program.

Introduced: October 14, 2009 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3806: Enhanced Rural Health Care Extension Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3806/
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"H.R. 3806: Enhanced Rural Health Care Extension Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3806/.
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H.R. 3806, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3806/.
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