S 2037
113th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014
Introduced: February 24, 2014
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 24, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1007-1008)
Feb 24, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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