RUSH Protection Act of 2021

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Bill Number

HR 1885

Introduced

Mar 12, 2021

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Cosponsors

Topics

Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health Health facilities and institutions Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicare Rural conditions and development

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Summary

Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act of 2021 or the RUSH Protection Act of 2021

This bill applies certain modified payment limits to rural health clinics that temporarily enrolled in Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or that applied to enroll by December 31, 2020. The bill applies retroactively.

Actions

Mar 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 12, 2021

Introduced in House

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