S 653 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 18, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Rick Santorum R-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 18, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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. IntroducedMar 18, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise: (1) the payment formula to increase payment amounts to Puerto Rico hospitals that are based on the applicable Federal percentage of the discharge-weighted average of the national adjusted DRG (diagnostically-related group) prospective payment rate for hospitals located in urban and rural areas for discharges beginning in FY 2004; and (2) the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share payments for prospective payment system hospitals in Puerto Rico.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 18, 2003.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLBob GrahamOriginalMar 18, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 18, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1351Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2003Related billApr 3, 2003

Subjects

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

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