HR 560
112th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act
Introduced: February 8, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 14, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 8, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 8, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that the proportion of members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) who represent the interests of health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries located in rural areas be no less than the proportion of the total number of Medicare beneficiaries who reside in such areas.
Directs MEDPAC and MACPAC to provide for full and timely public disclosure of their proceedings via the Internet or other easy public access.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1