Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 23, 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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021
This bill establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states and excludes such adjustments from certain budget neutrality rules.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2021 to Nov 3, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Original | Jun 22, 2021 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Oct 27, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Dec 20, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Apr 7, 2022 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | May 6, 2022 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 22, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 3, 2022 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 22, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2021 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2021Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- Jun 22, 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. 108, June 22, 2021, page H3007.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-9 | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET198 pages | Budget Committee | Apr 6, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 352 | Health Care Improvement Act of 2021 | Related bill | Feb 22, 2021 |
| S 999 | Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 25, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rural health care by ensuring fairness in Medicare hospital payments.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 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.
