S 300 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2005

Introduced Feb 7, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Susan M. Collins R-ME

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 7, 2005 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. IntroducedFeb 7, 2005
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide for a two-year extension of the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2005 to Jun 20, 2005; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-MOChristopher S. BondOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-MTConrad R. BurnsOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-WYCraig ThomasOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalFeb 7, 2005
D-NDKent ConradOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalFeb 7, 2005
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalFeb 7, 2005
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-INRichard G. LugarOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-PARick SantorumOriginalFeb 7, 2005
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-MSThad CochranOriginalFeb 7, 2005
R-OHMike DeWineApr 5, 2005
D-MIDebbie StabenowApr 13, 2005
R-MOJim TalentApr 13, 2005
D-MNMark DaytonApr 14, 2005
D-CABarbara BoxerApr 20, 2005
D-WAMaria CantwellApr 20, 2005
D-NEBen NelsonApr 21, 2005
R-NEChuck HagelApr 27, 2005
R-VAGeorge AllenApr 28, 2005
D-COKen SalazarMay 24, 2005
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweJun 20, 2005

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2005Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 7, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1053)
  3. Feb 7, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

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 S1053Susan M. Collins R-MEFeb 7, 2005

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to extend the temporary increase in payments under the medicare program for home health services furnished in a rural area.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2005Introduced in Senate

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