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Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019

Introduced: March 27, 2019 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Mar 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2048)
Mar 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019

This bill permanently extends the rule to not enforce the Medicare direct-supervision requirements for outpatient, therapeutic services at critical access hospitals and small, rural hospitals. Such rule permits therapeutic services to be administered at such hospitals outside a physician or nonphysician practitioner's presence.

What's happening now March 27, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2048)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Jul 30, 2019
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · May 2, 2019
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Apr 11, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 895: Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-895/
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"S. 895: Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-895/.
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S. 895, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-895/.
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