Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 29, 2006 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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a hospital may appeal its wage index classification under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and select another area within the state (or, at the Secretary's discretion, within a contiguous state) to which to be reclassified.
Prescribes special rules for: (1) a competitively disadvantaged hospital in a single-hospital Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) surrounded by rural counties; and (2) rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation units.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 29, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10693-10694)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in Senate
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