S 1123
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5825)
May 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Rural Home Health Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to require for episodes and visits ending on or after January 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2015, a 5% increase in the rate of payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for home health services furnished in a rural area.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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