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HR 663 114th Congress House Health Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development

Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

Introduced: May 18, 2015 See on congress.gov
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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 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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 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.)

What's happening now February 12, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 4 Republican 7
R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Feb 12, 2016
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 27, 2015
Blum, Rod
· May 18, 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
 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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