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H.R. 663 114th Congress House

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments und… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

Introduced: October 27, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health Hospital careMedicareRural conditions and development
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 2, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 2, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 12, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 332 Identical bill Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
  • HR 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 4 Republican 7
R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Feb 12, 2016
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 27, 2015
Blum, Rod
· May 18, 2015
Abraham, Ralph
· Apr 28, 2015
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Mar 23, 2015
Young, David
· Mar 23, 2015
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 18, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 2, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Feb 24, 2015
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 24, 2015
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Feb 24, 2015
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 12, 2015
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Feb 10, 2015
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 5, 2015
Shuster, Bill
· Feb 5, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 2, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 663: Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-663/
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"H.R. 663: Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-663/.
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H.R. 663, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-663/.
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