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HR 6346 111th Congress House Health Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare State and local taxation

Rural Hospital Protection Act

Introduced: September 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 29, 2010
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Hospital Protection Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining reasonable costs for reimbursements to critical access hospitals (CAHs) after January 1, 2004, to include certain health care related taxes as allowable costs. Prohibits any offset, in computing such costs, against tax assessments paid by such a hospital of amounts the hospital receives from a state, if the Secretary has not determined that a hold harmless provision, meeting specified criteria, is in effect with respect to the health care related tax.

What's happening now September 29, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Graves, Sam
Missouri · Sep 29, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6346: Rural Hospital Protection Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6346/
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"H.R. 6346: Rural Hospital Protection Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6346/.
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H.R. 6346, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6346/.
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