HR 6400
117th Congress
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Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 13, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
Jan 13, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Save America's Rural Hospitals Act
This bill establishes and otherwise modifies payment requirements for rural health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, including by (1) exempting Medicare payments to rural hospitals from sequestration, (2) making permanent certain payment increases for services in rural areas (e.g., Medicaid primary care services), and (3) permanently removing the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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