S 1030 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Rural Health Care Improvement Act of 2001

Introduced Jun 13, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Kent Conrad D-ND

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 13, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6222-6225)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 13, 2001
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rural Health Care Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals; (2) revision in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment adjustment for rural hospitals equalizing DSH payment amounts; (3) a single, standardized amount under the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS); (4) treatment of certain physician pathology services; and (5) one-time opportunity of critical access hospitals to return to the Medicare inpatient hospital PPS.

Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to establish: (1) a capital infrastructure revolving loan program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services may make described loans to any rural entity for projects for capital improvements from the loan and loan guarantee fund under PHSA; (2) a high technology acquisition grant and loan program under which the Secretary may award grants and make loans to any eligible entity for any costs incurred by the entity in acquiring eligible equipment and services for improving the quality of health care in rural areas; and (3) a program of grants to eligible entities under which the Secretary shall award such grants to public or nonprofit private entities to establish telehealth resource centers for the health care needs of individuals in rural areas.

Amends SSA title XVIII concerning: (1) rural health clinics and Medicare reimbursement; and (2) exclusion of certain rural health clinic services and federally qualified health center services from the Medicare PPS for skilled nursing facilities.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2001 to Feb 26, 2002; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-MOChristopher S. BondOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-MTConrad R. BurnsOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-WYCraig ThomasOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-NCJesse HelmsOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-NCJohn EdwardsOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-MNPaul D. WellstoneOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-NMPete V. DomeniciOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-MSThad CochranOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-SDThomas A. DaschleOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-ARTim HutchinsonOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-IATom HarkinOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-LAMary L. LandrieuJun 19, 2001
D-WAPatty MurrayJun 22, 2001
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweJun 29, 2001
D-MNMark DaytonJul 27, 2001
D-MICarl LevinSep 10, 2001
D-MIDebbie StabenowSep 10, 2001
D-MAJohn F. KerryJan 23, 2002
D-WAMaria CantwellFeb 26, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Jun 13, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2001Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 13, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6221-6222)
  3. Jun 13, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6222-6225)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S8667Byron L. Dorgan D-NDSep 17, 2002
SenateDebate and remarks S6221–S6226Text printed S6222–S6225Conrad R. Burns R-MT, Craig Thomas R-WY, Kent Conrad D-ND (text)Jun 13, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to improve health care in rural areas by amending title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Rural Health Care Improvement Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2001Introduced in Senate

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