Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 17, 2017 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.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.
Cosponsors 52
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2017 to Apr 18, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Apr 5, 2017 |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Apr 14, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | May 2, 2017 | |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 17, 2017 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 18, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | May 18, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 5, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 17, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 5, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 5, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 59, April 5, 2017, page H2755.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 872 | Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Apr 6, 2017 |
| HR 4178 | HEART Act | Related bill | Nov 1, 2017 |
| HR 4820 | ASK Act | Related bill | Jan 23, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
