HR 830 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Medicare Rural Health Care Preservation Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Scott McInnis R-CO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 26, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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. IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Rural Health Care Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) a five-year continuation of Medicare managed care cost contracts; (2) temporary payment increases for sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services; (3) the reinstatement of periodic interim payment (PIP) with respect to the critical access hospital program, among other changes with respect to such program; (4) an extension of the temporary increase for home health services furnished in a rural area; (5) an increase in payments for hospice care furnished in frontier areas; and (6) deemed eligibility based on death in fact with respect to treatment of eligibility for hospice care.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2003 to May 21, 2003; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYAmo HoughtonOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-TNBart GordonOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-COBob BeauprezOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-MIDave CampOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-COJoel HefleyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-COMarilyn N. MusgraveOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-WIMark GreenOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-NCRobin HayesOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-KYRon LewisOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-COThomas G. TancredoOriginalFeb 13, 2003
R-SDWilliam J. JanklowOriginalFeb 13, 2003
D-MIBart StupakFeb 27, 2003
D-COMark UdallMar 6, 2003
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.Mar 13, 2003
D-NCMike McIntyreMay 21, 2003

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 24, 2003
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2003
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 26, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  2. Feb 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Feb 13, 2003Referred 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.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care in rural areas.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Rural Health Care Preservation Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House

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