Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
Latest action · May 21, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
This bill requires a specific portion of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be allocated to rural health care providers responding to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires that at least 20% of future appropriations and the unobligated balance of prior appropriations to the fund relating to COVID-19 provider assistance be reserved for rural health care providers, with priority given to providers serving a high number of Medicare or Medicaid enrollees, elderly or other high-risk individuals, uninsured individuals, or areas with limited health infrastructure.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2020 to Sep 29, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | May 21, 2020 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | May 21, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Sep 29, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2020Introduced in Senate
- May 21, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7004 | Save Our Rural Health Providers Act | Identical bill | May 22, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Aging
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Rural conditions and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2020Introduced in Senate
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