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H.R. 4269 119th Congress House

Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of a cost-of-living adjustment to the non-labor related portion for hospital out… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of a cost-of-living adjustment to the non-labor related portion for hospital outpatient department services furnished in Alaska and Hawaii.

Introduced: June 30, 2025 Introduced by: Jill N. Tokuda Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act

This bill allows Medicare payments for covered hospital outpatient services in Alaska or Hawaii to include certain cost-of-living adjustments.

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  • S 551 Identical bill Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jul 2, 2025
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Begich, Nicholas J.
Alaska · Jun 30, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4269: Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4269/
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"H.R. 4269: Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4269/.
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H.R. 4269, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4269/.
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