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Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016

Introduced: June 9, 2016 See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
May 6, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 29, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Apr 29, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2114)
Apr 29, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016

This bill revises the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act by increasing the maximum grant amount for hospitals under the community facilities grant program. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not condition grants on the inability of applicants to finance their projects.

The bill amends the Public Health Service Act by reauthorizing through FY2021 and revising the grant program for state offices of rural health, including by requiring HHS to make the grants, thus removing HHS' discretion to make them.

HHS must report annually to Congress and each state office of rural health on rural hospitals' closures.

What's happening now May 20, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 3
R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Jul 13, 2016
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 22, 2016
Duffy, Sean
· Jun 22, 2016
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 16, 2016
Poliquin, Bruce
· Jun 16, 2016
Pittenger, Robert
· Jun 9, 2016
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · May 24, 2016
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Apr 29, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5133: Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5133/
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"H.R. 5133: Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5133/.
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