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HR 1398 112th Congress House

Rural Hospital Protection Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to treat certain provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of Medicare reimbursements to critical access hospitals.

Introduced: May 2, 2011 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareState and local taxation
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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
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 Latest action April 19, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 18, 2012
Hultgren, Randy
· Nov 1, 2011
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Sep 7, 2011
EMERSON, JO
· May 2, 2011
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 2, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1398: Rural Hospital Protection Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1398/
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"H.R. 1398: Rural Hospital Protection Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1398/.
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H.R. 1398, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1398/.
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