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H.R. 5641 115th Congress House

State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to improve health care in rural areas.

Introduced: June 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingRural conditions and developmentState and local government operations
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Apr 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 26, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the grant program for state offices of rural health, including to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make the grants, thus removing HHS's discretion to make them.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2278 State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 4
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Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Oct 2, 2018
Russell, Steve
· Oct 2, 2018
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Oct 2, 2018
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jun 7, 2018
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jun 6, 2018
Schrader, Kurt
· Apr 26, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5641: State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5641/
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"H.R. 5641: State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5641/.
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