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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020

Introduced: May 6, 2020 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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May 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020

This bill extends for five years the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program, through which Medicare pays certain rural hospitals on the basis of reasonable incurred costs rather than under the standard prospective payment system.

What's happening now May 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6753 Identical bill Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · May 6, 2020
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · May 6, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3615: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3615/
MLA
"S. 3615: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3615/.
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S. 3615, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3615/.
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[S. 3615: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3615/)
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