HR 1730 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

MedPAC Rural Representation Act

Introduced Mar 28, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Greg Walden R-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 29, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 28, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

MedPAC Rural Representation Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that the proportion of members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) who represent the interests of health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries located in rural areas be no less than the proportion of the total number of Medicare beneficiaries who reside in such areas.

Cosponsors 58

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2007 to Mar 10, 2008, with 44 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAllen BoydOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-WYBarbara CubinOriginalMar 28, 2007
D-MIBart StupakOriginalMar 28, 2007
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalMar 28, 2007
D-TXChet EdwardsOriginalMar 28, 2007
D-OKDan BorenOriginalMar 28, 2007
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-MTDenny RehbergOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-WADoc HastingsOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloOriginalMar 28, 2007
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-OKFrank D. LucasOriginalMar 28, 2007
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesOriginalMar 28, 2007
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Actions 3

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  1. Mar 29, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 28, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Mar 28, 2007Referred 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.

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 28, 2007Introduced in House

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