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S 1279 111th Congress Senate

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program.

Introduced: June 17, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development
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Jun 17, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 17, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 17, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend for an additional five years the rural community hospital demonstration program.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2922 Related bill Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act
  • HR 3256 Identical bill Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jun 17, 2009
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Jun 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1279: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1279/
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"S. 1279: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1279/.
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S. 1279, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1279/.
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