HR 2578
113th Congress
House
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013
Introduced: June 28, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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