S 3599 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018

Introduced Oct 11, 2018 Originated Senate Sponsor Robert Menendez D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 11, 2018 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.

IntroducedOct 11, 2018
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2018

This bill provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 11, 2018.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Oct 11, 2018
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Oct 11, 2018
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Oct 11, 2018
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse	Original	Oct 11, 2018
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper	Original	Oct 11, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
Oct 11, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 6855	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital wage index imputed rural floor.	Related bill	Sep 27, 2018

Subjects

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

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Oct 11, 2018Introduced in Senate

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