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HR 2578 113th Congress House

Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 11, 2013 See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHome and outpatient careMedicareRural conditions and development
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 5, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 28, 2013
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.
Jun 28, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, to extend from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2014, specified "hold harmless" payments for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 11, 2013
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Oct 11, 2013
Walz, Timothy
· Sep 19, 2013
Michaud, Michael
· Sep 10, 2013
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Aug 1, 2013
Loebsack, David
· Jul 11, 2013
Owens, William
· Jul 9, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2578: Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2578/
MLA
"H.R. 2578: Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2578/.
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H.R. 2578, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2578/.
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[H.R. 2578: Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2578/)
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