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HR 1130 115th Congress House Health Health personnel Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicare Wages and earnings

Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017

Introduced: February 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)

What's happening now March 1, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 2 Republican 13
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Hill, J. French
Arkansas · May 25, 2018
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · May 15, 2018
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Barr, Andy
Kentucky · May 8, 2018
Graves, Tom
· Jul 11, 2017
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · May 17, 2017
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Mar 23, 2017
Abraham, Ralph
· Mar 22, 2017
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Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Mar 20, 2017
Harper, Gregg
· Mar 9, 2017
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Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Feb 28, 2017
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Feb 16, 2017
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 16, 2017
Byrne, Bradley
· Feb 16, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 16, 2017
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Feb 16, 2017
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Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Feb 16, 2017
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Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Feb 16, 2017
Roby, Martha
· Feb 16, 2017
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Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Feb 16, 2017
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1130: Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1130/
MLA
"H.R. 1130: Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1130/.
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H.R. 1130, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1130/.
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