Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 5, 2016 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.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2015
- Passed SenateJan 20, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the period of the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program from 5 to 10 years.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall allow certain rural community hospitals participating in the demonstration program as of December 30, 2014, to continue during the second five years of the 10-year extension period.
HHS shall solicit applications to select up to the maximum number of additional rural community hospitals located in any state to participate in this demonstration program for the second five years of the ten-year extension period without exceeding the applicable limitation (30).
In determining which applicant rural community hospitals to select for participation in the demonstration program, HHS:
- shall give priority to hospitals located in one of the 20 states with the lowest population densities; and
- may consider closures of hospitals located in rural areas in the state in which the hospital is located during the 5-year period immediately preceding the enactment of this Act, as well as the population density of the state.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2015 to Feb 25, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Apr 16, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | May 5, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | May 6, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | May 7, 2015 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | May 21, 2015 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 25, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2015Markup Jun 24, 2015Reported Jul 30, 2015 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 25, 2016Received in the House.
- Jan 25, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jan 21, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jan 20, 2016Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S138-139; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S138)
- Jan 20, 2016The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text of committee substitute as amended: CR S138-139)
- Jan 20, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 30, 2015Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 114-102.
- Jul 30, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 181.
- Jun 24, 2015Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 27, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2015Read 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S138Text printed S138Amendments S136, S138 | Bernard Sanders I-VT (amendment), Chuck Grassley R-IA (amendment), Johnny Isakson R-GA (amendment), Michael F. Bennet D-CO (amendment), Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jan 20, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 20, 2015S. 607, Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 24, 2015
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45244 | Legislative Actions to Modify the Affordable Care Act in the 111th-115th Congresses | Report | Jun 27, 2018 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2952 | To improve the bill. | Chuck Grassley R-IAfor Mitch McConnell | Amendment SA 2952 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 34 | 21st Century Cures Act | Related bill | Dec 13, 2016 |
| HR 672 | Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Feb 12, 2015 |
| HR 5273 | Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jun 8, 2016 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a five-year extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- A bill to provide for a five-year extension of the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2016Referred in House
- Jan 20, 2016Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 30, 2015Reported to Senate
- Feb 27, 2015Introduced in Senate
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