HR 5753
117th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Oklahoma
Rural conditions and development
HARMON Oklahoma Act
Introduced: October 27, 2021
Introduced by:
Lucas, Frank D.
Republican
· Oklahoma
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 28, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 27, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 27, 2021
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.
Oct 27, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Helping Account for Rural Medical Outpatient Needs in Oklahoma Act or the HARMON Oklahoma Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue to allow Harmon Memorial Hospital in Hollis, Oklahoma, to retain its designation as a critical access hospital and to seek designation as a rural emergency hospital under Medicare after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, as specified in a prior letter sent to the hospital. The bill also requires the CMS to issue final regulations implementing the newly created Medicare rural emergency hospital program by November 1, 2022.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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