RURAL HELP Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 10, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2021 or the RURAL HELP Act of 2021
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2021 to Aug 6, 2021; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | Mar 10, 2021 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Mar 10, 2021 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Mar 10, 2021 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Mar 10, 2021 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Mar 10, 2021 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 18, 2021 | |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Aug 6, 2021 |
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 Mar 10, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Mar 10, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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. 167, no. 45, March 10, 2021, page H1326.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7534 | RURAL HELP Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Jul 9, 2020 |
Titles 3
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 direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on potential disparities in incurred costs for rural and urban hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system and to authorize appropriate payment adjustments.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- RURAL HELP Act of 2021
- Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2021Introduced 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.
