HR 1398
112th Congress
House
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
State and local taxation
Rural Hospital Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 19, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 6, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 6, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2