HR 1955
115th Congress
House
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
Introduced: April 5, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 5, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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